Pizza Weekend

In our last trip to Bali, we fell in love with Warung Italia. As the name said, it is an Italian restaurant, serving pasta, pizza and other Italian dishes. It is the pizzas that impress us, with its flaky crusty and delicious cheese. Not only the taste, but also the fancy of the chef preparing the pizza crust; He tossed the round pizza dough up in the air. Obsessed with the taste and the fancy, I pledge myself to made one.

It does not take long to find the recipe from Rosa of Daring Bakers. I went shopping, went home with high spirit, which diminished once I started making the dough. The dough, which will be the base of the pizza, is the key thing that can make or break a pizza. It looks too wet, yet I’m not confident enough to add more flour. So with hesitant, I split the dough into 6, cover it in olive oil, and put it in the fridge, while crossing my finger. I even asked Kiko to cross her finger too.

So there come the moment of truth, after a slight sleepless night of having 6 wasted pizza doughs. I pulled one of the dough and start stretching it, hoping that I can toss it like the fancy chef at Bali did. My first attempt failed, second attempt failed, third attempt, the dough fell into the floor. I gave up and use the rolling pin instead.

We arrange the topping of our first pizza: tomato paste, pepperoni, bell pepper, mozzarella and bacon bits. We throw the pizza into the pre-heated oven, waiting anxiously while looking through the oven. Fifteen minutes later, we feel a slight hope as we saw the sizzling mozzarella. Well, at least the topping is delicious enough.


Our first slice and bite certainly cheer us and remove all doubt. While not comparable to the pizza in Bali, the dough is certainly better than edible. It is excellent, especially for our first attempt. We are anxious and immediately start the 2nd pan, and get even better result with flatter pizza dough.

At the end of the day, we are eating the 3rd pan of pizza, and the next day, I complete our weekend pizza venture with 2 more pans, for a total of 5 pans of pizzas. Most of the pan won’t last for more than 30 minutes.