The Omnivore Pizza 🍕

2 weeks ago I made homemade pizza from scratch. Homemade crust, double sauce, pepperoni, onions, ground venison and ground chuck marinated in blackberry brandy and my spice mix. It was by far the best homemade pizza I've ever had.

Crust ingredients:
4 cups Self-rising flour
1 tsp Bread machine yeast
1 1/3 cup hot water
1/4 cup sugar
Olive oil
Salt

Ingredients:
Pizza sauce
Pepperoni
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1/2 lb Ground venison
1/2 lb Ground chuck
Blackberry Brandy
Worcestershire sauce
Salt
Italian seasoning
Garlic
Mozzarella

Directions:
1. In a medium bowl combine ground venison, ground chuck, salt, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning and blackberry brandy. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.   
2. Cook meat until brown. Drain fat and set aside to cool down.
3. In a small bowl, combine yeast & hot water for 10 minutes.
4. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, salt, olive oil, & yeast mix. Let dough rise for a hour.
5. Roll out the dough on to a greased pan to 1 inch thickness.
6. Spread pizza sauce evenly, leave a 1 inch edge for crust. 
7. Make 2 rings of pepperoni, starting at the edge of sauce.
8. Add the cooked meat, and chopped onions. Roll the edge of the crust.
9. Complete with cheese, crushed Italian seasoning and bake at 400° F for 35-40 minutes. Enjoy.

Yelds approximately 16 slices.
 




  

Imbolc Dinner

Celebrating Imbolc, February 2.

Ingredients:
Pork chops
1/3 cup Olive Oil
3/4 cup Flour
Egg
Salt
Black Pepper
Italian Seasoning
Basil
Pillsbury Garlic Breadsticks
Peas
1 Tbs. Butter
Lemon Bars Box Mix

Main meal:
1. Mix salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, basil in flour.
2. Beat 1 egg and pour on a plate.
3. Dip each pork chop in egg then flour.
4. Heat up olive oil in a skillet and fry pork chops til golden brown.
5. Cook breadsticks according to package directions.
6. Heat up peas with salt and pepper to taste and butter.

Dessert:
1. Cook lemon bars according to package directions. Enjoy.

Short bread Soul Cakes for Samhain

Leave a soul cake as offering to your ancestors on Samhain.

Soul cakes were usually filled with allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger or other sweet spices. They were traditionally set out with glasses of wine on All Hallows Eve as an offering for the dead.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 stick butter, soft
4 Tbs. Sugar
1 Tbs. Milk

1. Mix sugar and butter together.
2. Add flour, pumpkin spice and milk to make dough.
3. Lay dough on cling wrap and roll out to 1 inch thick.

4. Cut dough with a cookie cuter and lay on a greased baking pan.
5. Bake at 350°F for 25 mins. Enjoy. 

Scalloped Potatoes

Creamy scalloped potatoes in 80 mins.

Ingredients:

4 cups Potatoes; thinly sliced

1 Tbs. All-Purpose Flour

1 ts. Salt

1/8 ts. Black Pepper

1/4 cup Onion; finely chopped

1 1/2 cup Milk

3-4 Tbs. butter

2 Tbs. Mozzarella

1. Heat oven to 350° F.

2. In a baking dish, lay one layer of  potatoes then add onion, salt, pepper, flour, and 1 tbs butter.

3. Add a second layer of potatoes and continue with each layer.

4. On the last layer, heat milk, pour over potato layers and add butter. 

5. Cover and cook for 65 mins.

6. Uncover and cook for 10 mins.

7. Add cheese and cook for 5 mins. Enjoy.

Lammas Bread

Ingredients with Magickal uses:
3 to 3 1/2 cups All-purpose flour-prosperity and money
1 1/2 ts Yeast
2 cups Water
1/3 cup packed Brown sugar-love
3 Tbs Butter-spirituality
1 1/3 ts Salt-grounding, stopping psychic awareness, protection
2 cups Whole wheat flour-prosperity, money
1 Egg; heavily beaten-spirituality,protection, grounding, physical fertility

1. In mixing bowl combine 2 cups all-purpose flour and yeast.
2. In a medium sauce pan heat water, brown sugar, butter and salt until the butter melts.
3. Add water mixture to dry mixture and mix on slow to medium speed for 30 seconds.
4. Beat on high for 3 mins.and add whole wheat flour and as much you can of the rest of all-purpose flour.
5. Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface.
6. Knead in enough of the remaining all-purpose flour to a moderately stiff dough to smooth and elastic.
7. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease surface of dough.
8. Cover and place bowl on a heating pad on high for 1 to 1 1/2 hours to rise in double size.

Directions on how to shape dough to sheaf of wheat go to: http://momsrecipesandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/world-bread-day-2007.html

9. Bake at 450°F for 15 minutes.
10. Reduce temperature to 350°F and coat with egg whites.
11. Bake for 30-45 minutes till golden brown.
12. Let cool and share with your friends on the first harvest of the year. Enjoy!