Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I am a huge believer in having meals on hand in the freezer and storage for those nights I just don't feel like cooking. Last month I made a couple dozen pizzas (some for us, some for two families we assist). My local son helped me and we had a great assembly line set up with bowls of stuff they like,veggies for Carl and me, cheese, sauce and whatever. We made a half dozen Mexican style pizzas with refried beans,taco sauce, drained black beans, chopped Jalapenos, black olives and Monterrey Jack blend cheese. For those I made a very thin pizza crust from the same recipe, but this time rolled out rather than patted in. There are thousands of recipes for pizza crusts online. I use honey as the sweetener. Carl and I had one for dinner tonight and it was good. The down side is that the kids and the other kids we help out have already gone through their pizzas so it looks like Stephen and I will be doing another assembly line pizza assembly. I'm making pizza shells tonight so once he's here all we have to do is chop stuff up, grate the cheese, line up the bowls and away we go. His seal a meal is wonderful for sealing the pizzas so they stack nicely in the freezer. If anyone knows a source for the cardboard pizza box liners, would you post it? Jeanne in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Jeanne: Can you share your favorite pizza crust recipe please? Thanks! --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > Jeanne B <treazured > Re: Re: DIY frozen pizzas > > Monday, February 16, 2009, 11:23 AM > They are so easy to make, I had a duh moment myself when I > tossed the first prepped pizza into the freezer. > > Using my favorite pizza crust recipe (bread flour, water, > yeast, honey and a tiny bit of salt), I make pizza crusts by > patting them into pizza pans which I've lightly brushed > with olive oil. After making them, I prick the bottom of the > crusts lightly, then bake at around 350* F till the crusts > are cooked but not browned. After they cool I add sauce and > toppings, then seal with the seal a meal (or very large > gallon plus size freezer bags). To cook, just toss them in > the oven frozen and cook till bubbly. Cook them on the oven > rack for crispy crust or back in the pizza pan for a softer > crust. Let them sit a couple of minutes before cutting. (Or > eating- you'll burn the dickens out of your mouth!). > > I also like just making crusts and prebaking them and > freezing for later use. One of our local Dollar Tree stores > had Ecko pizza pans for a dollar and we picked up a dozen. > Our son picked up the rest they had so we've got 28 > pizza pans on hand for our big bakings. Once they are > frozen, the pizza will slip nicely off the pan and into the > freezer bag or seal with the sealer. > > The only thing I forgot to do the last time we did a big > pizza assembly line was to mark which pizza was which so we > ended up cooking a pepperoni one night and had to put it in > the fridge for Carl to take to work for the mechanics the > next morning. > > One of our grandsons loves the " white pizza " we > make specially for him. It is basically just a deep dish > pizza crust brushed with olive oil, then with lots of > mozzarella cheese on top. He also likes the white pizza with > spinach and lots of mushrooms, but of all the kids he is the > one who would very happily be vegetarian. Amazing what they > will eat if it is covered in cheese and called pizza. > > HTH! Jeanne in GA > > PS: Fancy schmancy dinner party pizza - buy a box of frozen > puff pastry, roll out onto a jelly roll pan, prick, bake, > top with cream cheese or feta or whatever and other yummies, > bake till melted, cut up. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I was just thinking, why not do that with pie crusts also Barbara At 08:49 AM 2/18/09, you wrote: >Now, why didn't I think of this? Great Idea, thanks!! I will have to >check our local Dollar Tree today to see if they have any pans. I am >all for simple and I never once considered making several and >preparing them all at once and freezing for later. I do that with >lasagna and tortellini and chilli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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