Archive for January, 2011
THEY’RE GONE! & A WINNER!
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on January 31, 2011 – 12:38 pm -They have all gone, all of them! My sweet little town heaved a big sigh of relief…..
So, I wrote the name of everyone who entered my little giveaway on a piece of paper, put them all in a cup and let my youngest grandson pick one out, and “drumroll” he picked La from http://amusingpotpourri.blogspot.com/
“Giant with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and many more fabulous actors. It was James Dean’s final film before his untimely death.
It’s 4 hours long so stock up on popcorn, beverages, and maybe slide one of those fabulous pizzas in the oven.”
Have a fabulous week…try to shake the Sundance Blues. ) La”
The lovely folks over at Sundance are going to send your gift directly to you, so if you will email me your address, I’ll get it right over to them.
Thanks everyone for participating, I was excited to see so many responses and my Netflix Que is much happier this morning!
xxoo,
RMW
Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Perfect Pizza
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on January 26, 2011 – 1:07 pm -I decided I wanted a pizza last night. Sundance is still going on in Park City (scroll down for a cool Sundance giveaway!), and the thought of wrestling with Paris Hilton to get in line at the local pizza joint just didn’t appeal to me, so I decided to make my own! Here’s how I did it
Ingredient List:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 package dried yeast
1 t sugar
3/4 t salt
1/2 cup plus 2 T warm water
2 t vegetable oil
cornmeal
1/2 cup tomato sauce (preferably homemade)
salt & pepper from the mill to taste
1 T Italian seasoning
1 T Parmesan cheese
2 cups shredded buffalo mozzarella
1 cup fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup sliced yellow onions
3/4 cup sliced pepperoni
If you have a bake stone, put it in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. If you don’t have a bake stone, just preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Put the flour in a food processor bowl using the steel blade attachment
add the yeast
sugar and salt
Process five pulses and then, while the machine is still running, pour the warm water and the oil through the feed tube slowly until a dough forms
process for about a minute longer and then spread some cornmeal on a cutting board
Remove the dough from the food processor and form a ball on the cornmeal
cover it with a semi-clean tea towel and let it sit while you prepare the vegetables
Slice the mushrooms
and the onions
and then, drumroll please – melt a pat of butter in a skillet (I really don’t think a recipe is complete without those words) sigh…
when the butter melts, add the mushrooms and onions
saute’ until they are soft. In the meantime, put the Parmesan and the buffalo mozzarella in the bowl of the food processor
and pulse until it’s in small, crumbly pieces
Spread some cornmeal on a pizza peel (If you don’t have one, just use a pizza pan, but they aren’t very expensive and really make the whole process easier and more fun!). It’s important to get a pretty good amount of cornmeal on the peel or the pan so the pizza is easier to move around.
Spread and/or roll the dough on the peel. I don’t get obsessed about having a round or square or any other specific size/shape of pizza. I like my pizza rustic and well, basically, I’m lazy so that’s how I justify not putting too much effort into making it look pretty
Spread tomato sauce on the dough and sprinkle with the Italian seasoning, salt & pepper
add the cooked vegetables
the pepperoni
and the cheese
Put it in the preheated oven (on the bake stone if you have one and if you don’t, seriously consider buying one, it makes a big big difference in the finished product)
While it’s baking, open a bottle of some lovely Chenin Blanc (preferably from Washington State, and well, preferably from Walla Walla, Washington, and well, preferably L’Ecole #41 Chenin Blanc, I’m just sayin…) I know it’s winter, but this soft smooth wine really tastes good to me with pizza. Pour a glass and wait patiently for the pizza to cook (7 to 10 minutes)
Oh yeah, babee (said in a low, gravelly voice)
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Posted in She Cooks | 41 Comments »IN MY LITTLE TOWN – A GIVEAWAY!
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on January 21, 2011 – 12:37 pm -So, one of my first posts a year ago when I started this blog was about the Sundance Film Festival. I know it’s important to the economy and no one loves a good independent film more than me, but when you try to fit 40,000 people, more or less, into this little town, it’s a world class mess. I walked around a few nights ago with my camera and took a few shots of the calm before the storm
decorations starting to go up
delivery trucks everywhere
This is where I take yoga lessons (it gets rented out for private parties, so no yoga lessons for 10 days..sigh)
my favorite Sushi place – The Flying Sumo, cute, huh?
they make whiskey here, very expensive, very good whiskey (I can’t afford it). It’s also a restaurant and the food is amazing..
Anyhoo, in an effort to adjust my attitude about our lovely Sundance Film Festival, I am going to toddle on over there near the end of the festival..sigh..and pick up some official Sundance 2011 memorabilia and give it away to a lucky reader! I was going to do some sort of giveaway for my one year blogoversary last month, but decided to wait and do one during Sundance.
To enter, just leave a comment telling me your favorite movie of all time (I need some Netflix suggestions!)
xxoo,
RMW
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