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Maystar Family Cookbook

Pizza and Lasagna

 

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PIZZA DOUGH
DEEP DISH PIZZA CRUST

GRILLED PIZZA
EASY PIZZA
VEGETABLE PIZZA
UPSIDE DOWN PIZZA
MICHAEL BALLAM'S LASAGNA
LASAGNE

KATHY'S ONE PAN LASAGNA

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PIZZA DOUGH - KAY STARK AND BELVA PERRY

Kay says, "I got this recipe from my sister in law (Belva) when I got married."

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add other ingredients, mix well. Let rest about 5 minutes. Cover and let rise in warm place for 15 minutes. Pat into shape on greased pan. Put on tomato sauce, spices, toppings, cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

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DEEP DISH PIZZA CRUST
- MARKAY KERN

My family likes to make homemade pizza sometimes on Friday nights. It's fun to let everyone make their own. This crust can be made thick or thin, and is good both ways.

2 pkg. yeast
2 cups tepid water
1/2 cup salad oil
4 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 cup cornmeal
5-1/2 cups flour

In the bowl o f an electric mixer--Kitchen Aid works well--dissolve yeast in water. Add oils, cornmeal and 3 cups of the flour. Beat for 10 minutes with the mixer. Add the dough hook and mix in the other 2-1/2 cups of flour. Knead for several minutes with the machine.

Pour onto plastic countertop and cover with a very large metal bowl. Allow to rise until double in bulk. Punch down and let rise again. Punch down a second time and you are ready to make pizza.

Oil pizza pans or cookie sheets. For deep dish, use cake pan. Push dough out to sides of pan or in circle. Top with pizza fillings. Bake at 450 degrees to 475 degrees until done.

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FRENCH BREAD PIZZA CRUST

See Lee Jones' French Bread


GRILLED PIZZA
         

Dough:
1 cup warm water
1 T. sugar
1 envelope dry yeast (1 scant tablespoon)
3 T. olive oil
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 T. chopped fresh rosemary

Pizza:

1/2 cup olive oil 
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 red, yellow or green bell peppers, cored and cut in wedges
1 red onion - cut into lengthwise wedges
2 cups mozzarella or Monterey jack cheese
2 cups crumbled Feta cheese
1 lb. cooked sweet or hot Italian sausage - sliced (optional)
4 sliced Roma tomatoes

In a food processor, combine the warm water, sugar and dry yeast.  (Can also be done in mixer or by hand.)  Let stand for ten minutes. Add the olive oil, flour and salt. Process for 1 minute until dough comes together. Add the rosemary and pulse several times. Remove dough and knead for approximately 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic. Let rise for 1 hour. Punch down dough and knead for about 1 minute. Divide into four equal pieces and stretch out into 9" rounds.

Mix together oil and vinegar.  Arrange sausages, peppers and onion on baking sheet.  Brush generously with vinaigrette; salt and pepper.  Grill sausages until cooked through, and peppers and onions until slightly charred and crisp-tender, turning and basting once in a while.  Grill about 12 minutes for sausages (don't undercook) and about 8 minutes for vegetables.

Place 2 dough rounds onto the grill over low to medium heat. Grill the first side about 2-3 minutes or until crisp, then place on cookie sheet, grilled side up.  Brush with olive oil.  Sprinkle cheese onto dough, then top with the sausage, tomatoes and vegetables.   Set back on grill.  Close the grill and allow the pizzas to cook for about 5 minutes more until cheese is melted and dough is cooked through.   Repeat with other 2 dough rounds.  Delicious!

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EASY PIZZA - BARBIE HANKS

Barbie likes this recipe, because she and friends can make it as a group.

Refrigerator biscuits (amount depends upon how many people you are serving.)
Spaghetti sauce
Shredded cheese
Hamburger OR Canadian Bacon OR pepperoni Tomato slices
Mushrooms, sliced
Green pepper chunks
Pineapple
Any other topping that sounds good

Lightly brown hamburger. Separate biscuits and stretch them out thin. Assemble bowls of sauce, shredded cheese, diced or sliced vegetables and let everyone assemble their own. Bake in pie pans at about 425 degrees until done.


VEGETABLE PIZZA - CELIA WEEKS MAYBEE

2 pkg. Pillsbury crescent rolls; place in pizza pan. Cook for 10 minutes the night before you serve it. Slice the dough the size you want it before putting the dressing on.

Mix:

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 pkg. Uncle Dan's dressing
then spread on top of dough, then add:

2 bundles of chopped broccoli
1 head of chopped cauliflower (just use flowerets, not stems)
3 grated carrots

Sprinkle on top of pizza.

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UPSIDE DOWN PIZZA - KAREN HARTWIG (6 servings)

1 lb. mild or hot Italian sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
1 jar (15-1/2 oz.) spaghetti sauce
1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 cup (6 oz.) sliced onions
1 pkg. American cheese
1 (6 oz.) mozzarella cheese, sliced
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 Tbsp. salad oil
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Brown sausage. Add onion and cook until done. Discard fat. Stir in spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, olives. Heat until bubbling. Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Arrange cheese evenly. In blender, blend eggs, milk, oil, flour and salt until smooth. Evenly pour over cheese. Then sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees or until crust is puffed and brown. (About 25 minutes.) Cut into squares. Serve at once.

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MICHAEL BALLAM'S LASAGNA - MARKAY KERN

I asked Lee Jones what the Opera Company's Artistic Director, Michael Ballam, likes to eat besides baklava and cheesecake and she said, "Italian food, Mexican food...and basically anything else that isn't moving". His mother, Marianne, gave me the following recipe, along with one from Michael's wife, Laurie.

1 onion, diced
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 carrot, sliced
butter
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 onion
1 cup tomato sauce
1/3 bottle ketchup
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
2 cups beef bouillon
1 can sliced mushrooms, with juice
1 package lasagna noodles
2 Tbsp. olive oil
salt

ricotta or cottage cheese
1 egg
1 cup sour cream
1 bunch green onions
1 package mozzarella cheese
1 package Swiss cheese
1 can parmesan cheese

Sauté onion, celery and carrot in butter, slowly, separately over low heat. Brown ground beef with other onion. Add tomato sauce, ketchup, garlic salt and beef bouillon. Simmer this for 5 hours. Add mushrooms with juice.

Cook lasagna in 8 quarts water with olive oil and salt. Drain and rinse. Blend ricotta cheese with egg and sour cream. Add chopped green onions. Mix mozzarella and Swiss together.

Put 3 to 4 Tbsp. of sauce on bottom of baking dish. Lay noodles lengthwise. Cover with sauce, Swiss and mozzarella, ricotta mixture and then parmesan. Make next layer with noodles crosswise , repeating other ingredients. Sprinkle parmesan cheese heavily on the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

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LASAGNE - SHELLY NORBY

1 lb. ground beef
1 jar Prego Garden Style spaghetti sauce
1 small can of mushrooms
1 pkg. Mozzarella cheese
1 pkg. Monterey Jack cheese
1 small container cottage cheese
2 hard boiled eggs
1 pkg. lasagna noodles

Place noodles and 1 Tbsp. of oil in boiling water. Cook until done. Drain and set aside. Fry ground beef in frying pan until well done. Drain off grease. Add jar of Prego sauce. Add can of mushrooms to ground beef and cook until well blended. Set aside.

In 9 x 8-1/2 baking pan, layer bottom with one row of lasagna noodles. Add sauce for the next layer , then mozzarella cheese for the next layer and so on. You may slice the hard boiled eggs and add them on any layer. Finish with a layer of lasagna noodles.

Top with parmesan cheese.

After assembly, place pan in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until top is brown. Serves 4 to 5 people.

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KATHY'S ONE PAN LASAGNA - KATHY MAY BEE

1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
2 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 envelope Spaghetti sauce mix
2+ cups cottage cheese (enough to cover the meat with thin layer)
Uncooked lasagna noodles
1 Tbsp. basil
1 Tbsp. oregano
1 tsp. salt
3-1/2 cups canned whole tomatoes
1 cup water
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

Lightly brown meat in big skillet (12" square electric works nicely); drain most of fat. When brown, sprinkle 1/2 pack of spaghetti sauce mix over meat. Then spread layer of cottage cheese over meat. Put layer of noodles on top; put second layer of noodles going in opposite direction.

Put tomatoes in blender along wit h spices and remainder of spaghetti sauce mix; blend to remove chunks. Pour over noodles and add 1 cup of water. Simmer for approximately 35 minutes with lid on or until noodles are soft. Turn off heat and sprinkle cheese over top and cover. Let stand until cheese has melted.

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