I was listening to an NPR Talk of the Nation podcast today and learned that Reading Rainbow, a PBS show about reading for kids, has is going off the air after a twenty-six year run.
While I don’t recall watching it, I knew it existed because the host was LeVar Burton and he was the guest. An articulate and interesting man from what I gather, I remember him most from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
So just what is the point? The point is that at some point on Reading Rainbow a pizza dough recipe was given. A caller wondered if it was possible to retrieve that recipe as she thought it was great. Well it is:
Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2-3 cups flour
Mix all ingredients together and knead for two minutes. Let the dough rise until double (optional). Spread dough on lightly greased pan, top with sauce, cheese and other favorite choices. Bake in preheated oven 500 degrees for 8-10 minutes. This recipe makes enough dough for one large pizza (either a 16 inch round pizza pan or the more probable large rectangle baking sheet).
To be honest, I found it on the web on a site that doesn’t have much to do with Reading Rainbow or TNG. The site is The New Homemaker. Currently I don’t have an oven, but I didn’t want to lose the recipe, hence the reproduction here!
Aloha!