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How to Make Pinsa Romana Recipe - The Roman Style Pizza

How to Make Pinsa Romana Recipe - The Roman Style Pizza

  
Pinsa Romana or Roman Style Pizza is an ancient, healthier and more digestible version of classic pizza. Pinsa might be fairly new in the US, but the unique dough recipe has been around for hundreds of years since ancient Roman times.

Pinsa Romana is it pizza or not?

The answer is NO. Just because pinsa looks like pizza, authorities tend to characterize pinsa as a flatbread. The difference between pizza and pinsa is all in the dough. Traditional pizza crust is denser and chewier, while pinsa is lighter and crispier.

Pinsa Romana are recipes that are rich in innovation. Made with a revolutionary blend of four GMO-free flours that includes wheat, soy, rice, and sourdough, these artisanally crafted products are changing the culinary landscape for food-lovers from around the world.

PINSA ROMANA RECIPE AND INGREDIENTS


COOK TIME - 20 minutes | PREP TIME - 20 minutes | YIELD - 2 pizzas

Ingredients


For the pinsa dough

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup rice flour
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup spelt flour
  • ½ cup rye flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for rubbing

For the pinsa topping

  • 12 ounces mozzarella cheese
  • 4 tablespoons tomato sauce
  • Fresh parsley, chopped
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions


For the pinsa dough

  1. In a large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, rice flour, spelt, wheat flour, rye flour and yeast.
  2. Continuously whisking, slowly add cold water.
  3. Add extra virgin olive oil and salt. Mix well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap ora lid and let rest for 30 minutes. Mix again and let rest for another 30 minutes.
  4. Mix with a wooden spoon for the third time.
  5. Now cover again with a plastic wrap or a lid and place the bowl in the fridge for at least 24 hours.
  6. After the dough has chilled, turn the bowl upside down and let the dough come out of the bowl.
  7. Divide the dough into two parts. Using your hands, form a round ball out of each piece of the dough.
  8. Cut two rectangular pieces of parchment paper that fit your baking sheet.
  9. Place each dough ball on a parchment paper and dust with rice flour.
  10. Cover the dough with a linen towel and let rise for 1 hour.
  11. After letting the dough rest, pour a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil on each piece of the dough and, using your fingers, press into the dough stretching it from center to sides, forming an oval pinsa shape.

To assemble

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Transfer parchment paper with pinsa onto a baking sheet.
  2. Drizzle with some more olive oil.
  3. Bake in a lower third of a preheated oven for about 10 minutes.
  4. Remove from the oven and top with mozzarella and tomato sauce. Return to the oven and bake pizzas on the middle rack until pinsa has browned on the edges and cheese has melted.
  5. Garnish with chopped parsley and freshly ground pepper.

Today, pinsa is becoming easier to find outside Italy, with more restaurants adding it to their menus. There are even new restaurants dedicated solely to pinsa opening up.

How to Make a Perfect Classic Margarita - Fun Recipe

How to Make a Perfect Classic Margarita - Fun Recipe

  
There are many margarita recipe in the world today, but only one that is original. The classic margarita recipe is one of the easiest cocktails you can make from your home. Here’s how to make a perfectly classic margarita in just a minutes.

The secret on how to make a perfect margarita is in its simplicity and the perfect ratio. It’s simple and uses only 3 ingredients.

  1. Tequila
  2. Cointreau
  3. Lime juice

Did you know that a classic margarita doesn’t even use added sugar?

The best tequila for margaritas


Tequila is the base on how to make a perfect margarita. But how do you pick which one to use? The best tequila is originates from  Mexico. But wherever it comes from, look for the words 100% agave on the inggredient label. If they aren’t 100% agave, the tequila might also include corn syrup, sugar, artificial flavors or colors.

Most bartenders say tequila blanco is best for making the perfect margaritas. But tequila reposado also works like a charm.

Lets get into the Recipe

INGREDIENTS


  • 2 ounces tequila made from 100 percent agave, preferably reposado or blanco
  • 1 ounce Cointreau
  • 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
  • Salt for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS


  1. Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of a glass. Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of flaky sea salt.
  2. Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 4 ice cubes and shake until cold.
  3. Strain the margarita into the glass with the salted rim. Fill the glass with ice and serve.
How to Make Kratom Tea - Fun Recipe

How to Make Kratom Tea - Fun Recipe

  
The process on how to make kratom tea is straightforward and can be done by anyone. Taking Kratom leaves in the form of tea has become one of the most desired and common ways because, aside from tasting better, the kratom retains its medicinal properties without being toxic or acidic.

Kratom Tea is yet another popular method of consuming Kratom. Here, people use crashed or powdered Kratom leaves and boil them to come up with the tea. The taste can be pretty bitter, but with the right preparation it’s comparable to an extremely potent green tea flavor.

Although there are many ways to using Kratom, one of the most effective and popular is Kratom tea. Consuming Kratom in tea form offers different advantages and disadvantages in comparison to other preparations such as in resin form or fresh leaves.

Aside from chewing the actual leaves, Kratom tea is one of the most common means of preparing Kratom in Southeast Asia.

WHAT IS KRATOM TEA?


Kratom tea is a traditional tea from Thailand, which provides both energizing and relaxing effects, depending on the strain you use. Making this tea is easy, provided you are in a country where the leaves and powder are legal, such as in the United States, where it is widely available in numerous forms.

Unlike regular tea or coffee, which can only be steeped once, kratom powder from your first batch of tea can be reused to brew another batch. This is another reason people like making kratom tea 'They feel they get more value from the powder'.

BENEFITS OF KRATOM TEA


  1. Energy Boost
  2. Enhance mood
  3. Provide calmness
  4. Recovery from addiction
  5. Pain relief

Kratom Tea Recipe


Ingredients


  • 1-2 grams kratom (powder)
  • 3 cups water (filtered)
  • 1/2 lemon

Instructions


  1. First of all, we take 3 cups of water in teapot and put it for heating.
  2. Add half a lemon juice in water, as lemon protects the alkaloids of kratom tea which released by heating.
  3. Heat the water to a simmer, then add 1-2 grams of kratom powder. The amount of kratom you add will have a significant difference in the potency and impact of this tea. It is recommended to start with a small amount (e.g., 1-2 grams) of the powder. You can carefully increase the dose from there if desired.
  4. Stir it occasionally and leave it for 15 minutes but keep remember not to boil it. Now turn the gas off and let it brew for 2 minutes.
  5. Slowly strain the tea through a strainer into a pot.
  6. Serve at room temperature. Should you wish to have it cold, add a few ice cubes to it and enjoy your drink!

Kratom tea can be safely stored in the refrigerator for about 5 days. It is probably okay to keep it a bit longer, but it's better to play it safe and not drink it after 5 days. It can be stored for many months if you add some alcohol to it.

Kratom Tea Notes



Unlike most of the other plant-based alkaloids, kratom alkaloids are stable at high temperatures. This implies that the risk of kratom losing its potency when it is exposed to hot water is minimal. Nonetheless, if you want to retain the natural alkaloid content of your kratom, you should not allow the kratom to boil with the tea water.

Instead of allowing your tea water to boil, you should bring to a simmer. If not, let the hot teapot to cool for a minute or so before proceeding. We also highly recommend that you squeeze an entire lemon into your tea and allow it to soak before heating. Not only does the lemon juice add to the taste, but the juice’s acidic nature will help to keep the kratom’s alkaloid content consistent.

Another highly important note is that, like any other tea, the longer you boil it or allow it to steep, the stronger it’s effects and flavor will be. Kratom is bitter, and its taste continues to deepen the longer it is submerged in hot water.
How to Make Dandelion Tea - Fun Recipe

How to Make Dandelion Tea - Fun Recipe

  
Dandelion tea works to stimulate appetite and aid digestion, and can be brewed from dried or fresh roots on your stovetop. If you make the herbal tea with fresh dandelion, you'll likely find no shortage of the weedy plant in your own backyard. You can drink a tea of the plant's roasted roots or leaves. This plant belongs to the daisy family and has a rosette of leaves as well as bright yellow flowers.

To make tea from it, you have to dry its leaves or roast its root first. You can also use dried dandelion, whether from your own foraged dandelions, or from roots obtained at a health food store. And the best thing is that dandelion tea has many health benefits.

Dandelion leaves are harvested in the spring while flowers and roots for tea are collected in the fall. For people who do not grow dandelion, you can buy dandelion extract in the form of tea bags from your local tea shop or online.

Regarding taste, dandelion tea has a lightly-sweet and delicate flavor. Roasted dandelion tea tends to have more intense in terms of flavor and have a deeper aroma. Because of its mild taste and aroma, you can combine this tea with teas that have bold flavors such as black tea leaves and masala chai. You can flavor or sweeten it using citrus fruits.

In this guide, we will talk more about dandelion tea benefits and how to make dandelion tea.

The Best Time to Harvest Dandelion Tea


While you harvest the young greens and unopened flowers in spring, the roots should be harvested in the fall, after frost, before the winter’s rest. Dandelion roots harvested in fall are slightly sweeter and less bitter than dandelion roots harvested in the spring. Both are helpful to your liver and bile production though.

The fall dandelion roots have a higher concentration of the prebiotic inulin,that encourages the good microbes in your gut to bloom. Having more beneficial microbes in your gut like lactobacillus, improves your immune function, helps you think more clearly, protects you from bad microbes like staph, and strep, and even helps you maintain a healthy weight.

I like to harvest dandelion tea in the fall because it’s easier to pull the root out, when the soil is light, after the vegetable harvest is finished. After the winter snow and the early spring thaw, the roots are more committed to their place in the soil and tend to break off when pulled.

Benefits of Dandelion Tea


  1. Reduces water weight
  2. Promote Liver Health
  3. Can Act As a Natural Coffee Substitute
  4. Dandelion Tea May Soothe Digestive Ailments
  5. Have Future Anti-Cancer
  6. Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

How to Make Dandelion Root and Leaf Tea


Perhaps one of the most important facts about dandelion tea is that it’s easy to find and make. Just make sure the plants have not been treated with any chemicals before harvesting them.

Ingredients


Dandelion Leaf Tea
  • 1 tsp dandelion leaves (dried)
  • 1 cup water (boiling hot)
Dandelion Root Tea
  • 1 tbsp dandelion root (dried and coarsely chopped)
  • 2 cups water (filtered)

Instructions


Flowers and Leaves
Wash, then let steep in hot water for 15-20 minutes.
Roots
Wash very thoroughly, chop into fine pieces, and heat on high in an oven for about two hours. Steep 1-2 teaspoons in hot water for about 10 minutes.


You may choose to add honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ginger, or any other taste-enhancer to please your taste-buds.

If you'd like to have a creamy frothy dandelion root tea, you may use one more ingredient, that is butter. Once you strain the tea, pour it in a blender and blend it with 1 tablespoon of butter. Remember to release the steam from the blender by opening the lid in intervals or to keep the lid partially open. This tea will taste better if you use roasted dandelion root instead of raw dandelion root.

Harvest the plants when they are young, preferably. After cleaning and preparing the plant, pour hot water over the top of greens or roasted and ground roots, steep, strain, and enjoy!

How to Steep Tea - Fun Recipes

How to Steep Tea - Fun Recipes

  
A cup of tea is a part of many morning and daily rituals. Tea is an intricate part of our daily lives and no matter what you drink or when you drink it. We believe that everyone should have that perfect cup of tea every single day. Here’s our perfect method on how to make that special steep tea.

Steeping tea is actually very simple. All you need to do is pour some water over some tea leaves. But there are still some main rules to follow on how to steep tea:

  1. Always use cold, fresh water for boiling. Don’t re-boil old water.
  2. Pour the water over the tea directly into the cup. Not the other way around – don’t throw the tea to a cup already filled with hot water.
  3. If you’re using tea in teabags, don’t squeeze the teabags after the steeping is done.
  4. Always cover the cup with something (e.g. a small plate) for the entire time of steeping.
  5. When steeping is done remove the leaves immediately.
  6. Don’t let the tea to cool down, drink it while it’s warm.

The most popular types of tea and their perfect steeping conditions.

  • Black tea: 0.5 teaspoon per cup; water temperature 96°C (205°F); steep for 3 minutes.
  • Green tea: 1 tsp/cup; temp. 65-80°C (150-175°F); 3-4 minutes.
  • Oolong: 0.5 tsp/cup; temp. 90°C (195°F); 3-6 minutes.
  • White tea: 1 tsp/cup; temp. 80-85°C (175-185°F); 7-9 minutes.
  • Red tea (Pu-erh): 0.5 tsp/cup; temp. 96°C (205°F); 3-7 minutes.
  • Yellow tea: 1 tsp/cup; temp. 90°C (195°F); 3 minutes.
  • Rooibos: 1 tsp/cup; temp. 96°C (205°F); 3-5 minutes.
  • Honeybush: 1 tsp/cup; temp. 96°C (205°F); 5-8 minutes.

Steep Tea Preparation


Steep Time
It’s really a matter of personal preference. Whole leaf teas take a notably longer time to reach their optimum flavor. Our general rule of thumb is 4 to 5+ minutes for herbal tea and black tea and 3 to 4 minutes for white tea and green tea, which can become bitter if over-steeped. Try steeping these for 2 min, then start sipping every 30 seconds until you find your ideal flavor. Traditional paper tea bags have a much shorter steep time - 2 min or less - because the cut of the tea is much finer.

Steeping Temperature
If black and herbal teas are not steeped at hot enough temperatures, they can lack the full depth and breadth of flavor. Meanwhile, for green and white teas, adding water that’s too hot can scald the tea and release an off flavor. The basic rule: Steep black, herbal and red teas at full boil (around 208˚ - 212˚F) and green and white teas just off-boil (around 170˚ - 185˚F). Don’t forget that altitude affects your boil temp. Where we live, at 6,600 feet above sea level, water boils at 200˚F (which means we often burn our mouths on that first sip of tea at sea level).

Preparing Loose Tea
Use 1 teaspoon of loose tea per large cup or use a kitchen scale to measure out the perfect cuppa. We recommend around 2.5 or 2.7 grams, depending on the type of tea and personal preference.

The main things to remember are to use the right water, get it to the right temperature, and don’t use too much or too little of your chosen tea. Then, don’t let the leaves sit in the water for too long or take them out too quickly.

Once you figured out how long your tea needs to be steeped and at what temperature, give it a shot. It might take you a few tries to get your tea to taste just the way you want it to, but once you get it right, you’ll be able to prepare your favorite tea perfectly every time.

Many teas remain good for a second or third steeping, and you may even notice different flavors emerging when you reuse the leaves or bag.
How to Make Hibiscus Tea - Fun Recipe

How to Make Hibiscus Tea - Fun Recipe

  
Hibiscus tea is not only tasty and delicious, it’s also good for health. Learn how to make your own hibiscus tea which has some amazing benefits. Make this with either fresh or dried flowers and choose to have it as a hot cup of tea or as hibiscus iced tea because either way it’s delicious and really good for you.

Agua de Jamaica (aka Hibiscus tea) is an infusion of dried hibiscus flowers. Popular at Mexican taquerias, this agua fresca is loaded with Vitamin C and can even lower blood pressure.

Hibiscus tea is an herbal tea made from the petals and sepals - the green plant part found just below the petals - of the hibiscus plant. There are several hundred different species of the hibiscus plant, although the dried flowers from the Hibiscus sabdariffa plant are most common for teas. The beverage is wildly popular in the Caribbean and the Mexican peninsula.

If you’ve ever had red zinger tea from Celestial Seasonings, it’s a little like that. Or a little like cranberry juice. With a squeeze or two of lime juice, it becomes almost punch-like.

Hibiscus Tea INGREDIENTS


  • 2 cups fresh Hibiscus Flowers (or 1/2 cup dried Hibiscus Flowers)
  • 8 cups Water
  • 1/4 cup Honey (add more if you like your tea sweeter)
  • 3 tablespoons fresh Lime Juice

Hibiscus Tea INSTRUCTIONS


  1. Prepping hibiscus flowers: If using fresh hibiscus flowers, remove the calyx or the green part at the base of the flower to which the stem is attached. You can also remove the pistil which is the thin thread like tube in the middle of the flower which has pollens attached to it or you can choose to keep it. You don’t need to do this if you are using dried flowers.
  2. Boil the tea: Bring the hibiscus flowers and water to a boil in a large pot. Once the water starts boiling, switch off the flame and cover the vessel. At this point, you can also add other herbs or add ins such as basil, lemon grass, lemon zest etc. Let the tea steep for 15-20 minutes. Mix in the honey and lime juice till completely combined. Strain the tea.
  3. Serving Hibiscus Tea: You can either serve hibiscus tea warm or you can chill it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Either way it tastes delicious!

You can add some of your favorite flavors to this tea. Basil, lemon grass, lemon zest and mint all taste really nice with hibiscus.
How to Make Matcha Tea - Fun Recipe

How to Make Matcha Tea - Fun Recipe

  
Matcha is a green powder, traditionally made from ground Japanese green tea leaves. As matcha comes in a powder form it needs to be whisked with water, or milk, in order to drink it. Preparing your own matcha is a very straight forward task and is a nice therapeutic 5 mins just to yourself! Our quick and easy steps on how to make matcha tea will help you make the perfect matcha every day.

Recognised as a healthy food, Matcha Tea also contains extremely high levels of antioxidants. It is associated with providing a number of wonderful health benefits. One serve of matcha tea is said to be 10 x more potent than a regular cup of green tea!

Follow our easy steps on how to prepare matcha tea below.

Matcha Tea Ingredients


  • 1 1/4 tsp matcha powder
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup (or stevia to taste // more or less to preference + depending on sweetness of macadamia and coconut milk)
  • 1 Tbsp hot water
  • 3/4 cup light coconut milk
  • 3/4 cup macadamia nut milk

Matcha Tea Instructions


  1. Add matcha powder to your serving mug along with sweetener of choice and hot water.
  2. Whisk with a bamboo whisk or a metal whisk until completely dissolved. If you don’t have a bamboo whisk, you can use a spoon or a metal whisk or even blend the latte in a blender. Bamboo whisks are gentle on the matcha and also help it dissolve more completely. So if you like matcha, I recommend investing! Otherwise, use what you have. Latte can also be made cold over ice. Simply add all ingredients plus a handful of ice to a jar, cover, and shake vigorously to combine.
  3. Once the matcha is completely dissolved, heat* your coconut and macadamia milk (or other dairy-free milks). I added mine to a frothing pitcher and steamed on our espresso machine, but you could also heat in the microwave or on the stovetop until hot and steamy. To get more froth, you can whisk vigorously or use a handheld frother.
  4. Pour dairy-free milk into your mug – latte art optional. Taste and add more sweetener if needed. I found that, when I used the macadamia nut milk, I only needed a bit of maple syrup or stevia to sweeten.


The instructions are very similar to making matcha the easy way shown above. Enjoy Matcha Tea immediately.
Soft White Sandwich Bread Recipe

Soft White Sandwich Bread Recipe

  
White Bread recipe is made with basic ingredients & detailed instructions showing how to make bread! Done in just over an hour this recipe is one of the best soft white sandwich bread recipes.


Ingredients

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 TBSP yeast
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 egg whisked with 1 TBSP water to brush on top

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Add yeast; let stand for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the canola oil, egg, salt and enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead for 5 minutes.
  3. Form dough into a smooth ball. Keeping the dough in the bowl, spray with non-stick spray and cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.
  4. Punch down dough.  Knead for 1 minute. Take the dough and cut it evenly in two.
  5. Form each into a loaf by rolling it into an oblong shape then tucking and pinching the ends under the loaf.
  6. Place each loaf in a bread pan. Brush thoroughly with egg mixture.
  7. Let loaf sit while oven is preheating to 400 degrees F, or about 10 minutes. It bakes at a higher temp than other bread recipes. Make sure your oven rack is on a lower setting so that the top doesn't burn!
  8. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until outside is golden brown and internal temperature of loaf registers 195-200 degrees.
  9. Let cool. Slice & enjoy with butter!
How to Make Sun Tea - Fun Recipe

How to Make Sun Tea - Fun Recipe

  
Sun tea seems to capture the essence of bright summer sunshine in a refreshing iced tea. There is no substitute for a big glass of freshly brewed iced tea on a hot summer day. It's a classic summertime drink - iced tea brewed by the sun and flavored with fresh mint and orange slices.

Sun Tea Ingredients


  1. 10 – 12 tea bags (depending on how strong you like your iced tea)
  2. 3 medium oranges, sliced
  3. Bunch of fresh mint leaves
  4. 1 gallon water

The Directions


  • About 9am, fill your pitcher with the water, and tea bags.
  • The reason for the screw on top, is so that ants don't get to the tea.
  • Let the tea sit in the sun for most of the day, a prime full sun location is best.
  • When bringing the tea in, boil one cup, and then mix it with the sugar (but, in the summer, the heat from outside can be enough to dissolve the sugar).
  • Boiling the cup of tea only helps to make dissolving the sugar easier.
  • Combine the sugar, tea, and more water to make one gallon.
  • Serve with thick 1 1/2" wedges of lemon.
  • It usually takes 4-6 hours of being in the sun, in order to steep.
  • You can eye ball the tea, and bring it in, after the tea looks dark enough.
  • Since the tea is best served cold, put it in the fridge right away.
  • It does not last as long as boiled tea for some reason.
  • And I usually leave the tea bags in the jug until the tea is gone.
  • Then, I take the tea bags and sprinkle them in my flower garden, or over my roses.

After three hours, the tea should be steeped and dark. If you want a stronger tea, leave it out another hour or two, but not more than five hours total. Remove the tea bags and discard, and refrigerate your steeped tea.

Sun tea is so refreshing and so easy! I used the Splenda option since I am trying to watch calories. Some may find it a little strong for them- if so just add some additional ice or a little water. We are iced tea drinkers so a little strong is good.

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