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mixing. At the start the dough will be soft and sticky, but it will becom e stiffer and more elastic as you knead it. Thump
the dough hard against the table and press your wrists against it to make it smooth and even. When you have repeated this
prcocedure many times, you will find that the dough comes away from your hands and the table easily; now form a ball.
Cut a cross on the top and leave to rise in a warm corner of the table, covered with a clean tea-towel. Leave for about 2
hours, during which tinie the dough will double in size (this may take much less in hot, humid conditions). At this point,
after rising, the dough may be kneaded again for a few minutes and used immediately, or frozon. If you are going to use it
at once, before kneading you can add the oil of your choice. this will almost always be extravirgin olive oil, but in some
special recipes it may be lard or butter. If you decide to freeze the dougll, wrap it up in a freezer film and place it in the
freezer. When you decide to use it, thaw it at room temperature and knead it for 5 minutes with a little oil.
THE TRADITIONAL PIZZAS
Margherita (Mozzarella Cheese and Tomatoes)
Ingredients to serve 4: 400 g bread dough / 2 tins peeled tomatoes 250 g each / 200 g pizza grade mozzarella cheese / oil to
taste / salt.
Drain and mash the peeled tomatoes. Slice the mozzarella. Spread out the pasta evenly. Apply the peeled tomatoes leaving
about 2 centimetres free all round the edge. Add salt and a little oil and place in the oven using the special wooden scoops.
After 2/3 minutes cooking time add the mozzarella and a little more oil and continue cooking for an additional 2 minutes.
Capricciosa (Mushrooms, Artichokes and Olives)
Ingredients to serve 4: 400 g bread dough / 2 tins peeled tomatoes / 200 g mozzarella cheese / 10 artichoke hearts presenved
in oil / 10 small mushrooms preserved in oil / 10 black olives / oil /salt /pepper to taste.
Spread out the dough. Drain the peeled tomatoes, mash with a fork ancl spread over the pizza. Slice the mozzarella, cut the
artichoke hearts and mushrooms in half and pit the olives, and arrange over the tomatoes. Add salt, pepper and a little oil
and place in the oven, using the special wooden scoops. Cook for 4/5 minutes.
Al Prosciutto e Funghi (Ham and Mushrooms)
Ingredients to serve 4: 400 g bread dough / 2 tins peeled tomatoes / 3 slicer cooked ham / ten or so small mushrooms
preserved in oil / 100 g mozzarella cheese / salt / oil.
Drain the tomatoes well and mash. Chop the mozzarella and cut the mushrooms in half and the ham into strips. Spread out
the pasta and cover it with the tomatoes and mozzarella, adding a little oil and salt to taste. Add the strips of ham followed
by the mushrooms. Place in the oven using the special wooden scoops for 4/5 minutes.
Al gorgonzola e salsiccia (Gorgonzola and Italian Sausage)
Ingredients to serve 4: 350 g bread dough / 2 cups tomato purée / 150 g gorgonzola / 150 g fresh Italian sausage.
Spread out the dough very thin. Spread the tomato over it, leaving two finger's width around the edge, followed by the
gorgonzola in small pieces and the skinned, crumbled sausage. Place in the oven using the special. wooden scoops, without
adding salt or oil, and cook for 4/5 minutes.
Alla marinara (Seaside)
Ingredients to servve 4: 400 g bread dough / 2 tins peleed tomatoes / 2 spoonsflul origan / 2 cloves garlic / extra virgin olive
oil / salt / pepper.
Drain and mash the peeled tomatoes. Cut the garlic into very thin slices. Spread the dough as thin as possible, leaving a
slightly thicker strip around the edge. Add the well-drained tomatoes, leaving the edge clear, and place slices of garlic here
and there. Dust with origan, add salt and pepper and a little oil and place in the oven using the special wooden scoops.
Cook for 4/5 minutes.
Ai funghi (Mushrooms)
Ingredients to serve 4: 400 g bread dough / 500 field or "porcini" (boletus edulis) mushrooms / 2 spoonsfulparsley / 1 clove
gar1ic / 2 tins peelod tomatoes / 100 g mozzarella cheese / salt / pepper to taste.
Clean and slice the mushrooms. Heat over a low flame with a little oil, garlic and parsley until they start to give off liquid.
Cut the mozzarella into slices and drain and mash the peleed tomatoes. Spread the dough very thin and add the tomatoes,
the mozzarella and last of all the mushrooms, taking care to leave a couple of centimetres free around the edge.
Pour on a little oil and place in the oven using the special wooden scoops, ancl cook for 4/5 minutes.
Ai carciofi e prosciutto crudo (Artichokes and Parma ham)
Ingredients to serve 4: 400 g bread dough /100 g raw Parma ham /1 cup tomato purée / oil to taste/100 g pizza quality
mozzarella cheese / 2 articbokes / salt.
Remix the dough with a little oil, cover and leave to rise. Remove the hard outer leaves and the upper section with the
spines from the artichokes. Wash them, cut them into very thin slices and leave them in water with a slice of lemon. Cut the
mozzarella into small pieces Spread out the dough and place the tomato purée, the mozzarella and the well drained
artichokes on top. Add a little oil and place in the oven using the special scoops. Cook for 4/5 minutes. As soon as the pizza
leaves the oven add the slices of Parma ham (which must not be straight out of the refrigerator) and serve.
Quattro stagoni (Four Seasons)
Ingredients to serve 4: 500 g bread dongh / 2 tins peeled tomatoes / 200 g mozzarella / 50 g cooked ham / artichoke hearts
and mushrooms preserved in oil to taste / l pinch origan.
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