Pizza Magdalena

Sounds simple, but requires a lot of patience from both of you, especially if one is going to take photos. Recommended only to well-established couples.

Delegate one of you to your favorite groceries in order to purchase:

Dough

• 2 cups of flour (the one from the previous post should be sufficient),
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil,
• 1 tablespoon of yeast,
• 1 teaspoon of powder sugar,
• 1 teaspoon of salt.

Souce

• 2 spoons of olive oil,
• 8 garlic cloves,
• 2 tomatos,
• 200g of concentrated (but this liquidy one not the real concentrate) tomatos,
• Basil, oregano, pepper.

Toppings

All you ever dreamt of. We dreamt of:

• meat (ham),
• onions,
• red pepper,
• dried tomatos,
• mushrooms,
• cheese.
• (half of us also dreamt of olives but the other half forgot to buy them).

Preheat your oven to 250°C and follow the photos.

Mix the dough stuff all together.

Add a glass of water. Then knead it by hand adding water or flour or something if necessary.

Dough should look and feel as perfect as the one below.

Cut your cute veggies on the cutting board.

(tomatoes are missing on the photo but they are there and they are playing an important role!)

 

Put this stuff aside because you are about to produce the sauce.

Pour 2 spoons of olive oil into a pan on low fire (or whatever you call 3/9 in english).

After a minute add sliced garlic.

Put your tomatoes, concentrated sauce and some tomato concentrate or katchup.

Just let your taste lead your body.

Stir, add basil, oregano, stir again, increase the fire.

Wait 10 minutes staring and stirring from time to time

Run to the shop because you forgot to buy baking paper.

Eventually, try your luck greasing the tray.

Then argue with Magda about necessity of rolling out the dough:

M: "You don't roll out the dough! Check on youtube if you don't believe me."

We are almost there, just put the sauce on your dough. Leave some sauce for later.

Grate the cheese

Put the meat and some healthy stuff on

"Put a lot of cheese"

"It will not bake if there is too much cheese"

"Who cares?"

"I care"

"Put it on my half"

Spray some olive oil when Magda isn't looking.

Then do your duty. Don't put your hands too far. Seriously. 

You have ten minutes. Wash your hands, etc.

Prego!

Spray more olive oil and use the rest of your sauces.

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Cordon Bleu

How to prepare this majestic Cordon Bleu?

• Go to Delhaize with Magda and 23 euros.
• Buy:
• 200g of turkey,
• 6 slices of real raw pork,
• 100g of cheese (preferably gruyère although Magda doesn't like it because of the smell),
• 2 eggs,
• some flour,
• some carrots, peas, potatoes,
• some breadcrumbs,
• some butter,
• some pepper,
• 1 Duvel for yourself and a Jus d'orange for Magda,
• white wine (if you don't find it among leftovers from Friday's party).

• Follow the photos:
• Cut the "meat" (if you call a turkey that way) into six thin slices.

• Cover it with slices of raw beaf.

• Put some cheese on it.

• Find toothpicks in your closet and stuck them through your piece of art (or try your luck without toothpicks).

• Find three bowls, put some flower with some pepper in the first one, smash egg into the second and put breadcrumbs in the third one. Order matters!

• Dip your yummies inside them one by one.

• Melt some butter on a pan and put them on!

• Fry them on each side, then add wine

• Bake Cordons for 15 minuts in 180°C. In the meanwhile ask Magda kindly for marvelous smashed potatoes and carrots with peas. 

• Take them out.

• Pour your Duvel into your favorite beer glass. 

• Bon appétit! (The white thing imitating sauce is sour cream - put it on (or anything else) if you like).

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