Hey guys, it’s Ro! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
As some of you may know, today is National Pizza Day!
And, in celebration of the new Deadpool movie, I thought, let’s combine
these 2 things! Today, we are going to be making a Deadpool Pepperoni Pizza!
Let’s get started!
The things you will need, will be: 2, 1-1/2 cup measurements of flour,
you’ll want to keep them separate because we’re gonna add them at
different times. 1 Packet of Active Yeast, 1-1/2 Teaspoons of sugar,
2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup of warm water.
And then for toppings, we're gonna be using olives, I’ve already got these
sliced, pepperoni, pizza sauce and some mozzarella!
Now let’s put it all together!
The first thing that we’re gonna do is we’re gonna make our pizza dough.
I’m making mine from scratch, if you are in a hurry, you can get the stuff
that’s already made. The recipe that I’m using is the same recipe that I
made with my dad, Papa Pizza! On the cooking channel special!
So, all you’re gonna do is take warm water, sugar and yeast into a
medium sized mixing bowl. And you’re gonna whisk it up until it’s nice and froth-three...
Fro-fy…
Frothy!
It will have little bubbles!
Once this is mixed up we are gonna add our first helping of flour, so just pour
it in. Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo!
Now I’m gonna be using a fork to mix it up because the dough will be a little thicker.
You’re just gonna want to keep mixing this together until it forms a loose dough,
and then we’re gonna be adding our oil and salt.
OK you guys, side note! Do you remember when I got this new hand mixer, in the
color watermelon? And it was like, backordered forever, and then it came,
and I got so excited because it is my favorite color ever that
Kitchenmaid has ever released?
I got the matching mixer stand! Boom! So this is basically the best day ever!
The holidays were pretty good to me! I got this puppy!
So we’re gonna make pizza with it! This is the first recipe that I’m cooking
with this mixer and I’m so excited because Pizza is 1 of my favorite foods
of all time! And I’m making 1 of my favorite foods in my favorite color…
Ah-uhh, stand mixer!
“It’s true love!”
OK!
The next step is we’re gonna add our dough into our stand mixer, so you’re just gonna
open this up. And right here I have the dough hook attachment, it just looks
like a little hook. It looks like Captain Hook’s hook doesn’t it?!?!
Like if this was him…
Argh… Some good pizza…
What’s a joke?
What’s a pirate’s favorite pizza topping?
Arrrrrr-tichokes!
OK, I’ll stop! I'm gonna put this back on here.
And now we’re just gonna put our dough that we’ve been working on, we’ll put him in here.
As you can see, it’s starting to look just like pizza dough, but it’s
very sticky, it’s still too moist. So we are gonna add our second helping
of flour, we are gonna add it slowly, as it mixes.
You’re gonna want to mix on a medium speed.
On a KitchenAid that’s about, mmmm… A 4 maybe... You don’t want to go faster than an 8!
Keep it between 4 and 6 everybody!
Don’t get crazy!
After you’ve added your flour, you’re gonna run your mixer for about 3-4 minutes
just to knead the dough.
If your dough looks a little bit dry, and it just isn’t balling, it isn’t forming
into 1 solid, you can add a little bit of water, I’m adding 1 tablespoon at a time.
Add a little tablespoon and mix it up!
Once our dough is ready we’re gonna take a big mixing bowl, I’m using a glass
bowl, and I’m just taking a little bit of olive oil and I’m gonna grease my bowl.
Just put little drops in there, doo-doo, doo-doo!
Sorry!
And I’m just taking a little paper towel, and I’m just gonna use it to
spread the oil all the way around.
Alright, we’re gonna take our dough, put it right in the middle.
It can sit out at room temperature, you don’t need to put it in the fridge.
And we’re gonna leave it out for a 1/2 hour to rise.
Oooh! And look at that, our dough got fluffier!
One could say it rose to the occasion…
Of making pizzas…
OK I’m gonna stop now!
Now it’s time to roll out our dough, so I’m just taking a little rolling pin,
rolling it! And of course you gotta spin it in the air once, just like a real
pizza chef! Just give it 1 little spin!
OK, well, there we go!
I put my dough on a large, circular pizza pan, but if you don’t have 1 you
can use a cookie sheet, that will work. But I just like it because it
lets it breathe. Lets the crust breathe while it’s baking.
Now I’m just gonna roll it out, I’m gonna fill it to the edges of the pan because
I want a really big pizza!
Once you get your dough rolled out to about the size you want, you can start
using your hands. And I’m just pressing it into the corners.
Bewp-bewp-ba-bew!
Just finished rolling out the dough and now it is time for my favorite part,
time to decorate!
We’re gonna be adding a little bit of sauce…
Oh jeez!
Yeah burpies!
You guys, I’ve been doing more burpies, I can open jars better!
And, I’m gonna spread the pizza sauce all the way around the pizza, but I’m
gonna leave a couple inches for the crust, so leave some space.
We’re got our sauce on, and now we are gonna add our mozzarella shredded cheese,
I’m just gonna open this up and again I’m gonna be putting on a very thin layer
even though I love cheese, I don’t often say this, that I’m putting on a thin
layer, but this time I am because I have a lot of toppings going onto this pizza.
Oh! Don’t worry, I’ll make a quesadilla with you later!
Now we’re gonna cover the entire pizza in pepperoni, I’m just gonna start
outlining, right where our sauce starts, and I’m gonna go in-in-in-in, boom!
We’ve got all of the pepperonis on our pizza, and now we are gonna go back to some
mozzarella cheese. I forgot to mention this in the beginning, I said mozzarella cheese, but I forgot to
say you’ll also need sliced mozzarella, just makes your life a little bit easier
for the eyeballs. So here I have got 2 slices of mozzarella cheese, I am just gonna
put them down on top of each other, on this little cutting board.
And then I’m gonna use a teardrop shaped cookie cutter, or you can just use a knife
and eyeball it, thats fine.
Remove the excess cheese, and eat it all! Yum-yum-yum-yum!
Mozzarella is my favorite!
And then using a sharp cutting knife, I’m gonna cut it in 1/2, going right down
the middle of the tear.
Then you’re just gonna eyeball it and stick it on top of the pepperoni!
The last topping that we’re gonna add are the olives to make the
black part of his mask.
Now that our pizza is decorated, we are going to heat our oven to 450 degrees,
and we are gonna bake our pizza between 10 and 15 minutes.
Just keep your eye on it, as soon as the crust turns golden brown,
om-nom-nom! Take him out!
Ta-da! Here is the Deadpool Pepperoni Pizza that we made today!
I even think it’s a pizza that Wade Wilson would be proud of if you know what I mean!
It was super easy to make and, look at that! It looks just like his mask!
I love making geeky themed pizzas because, they’re relatively easy, you
can make any kind of themed design on the top.
I’ll be posting pictures of this pizza on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter,
and if you guys make this pizza, or any other geeky themed pizza, please
send me a picture! I love seeing your baking creations, I just get a big kick
out of it, it makes my day! Especially when it’s pizza!
And, if you guys have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies, please let me
know, leave me a comment down below and I will do my best to make it happen!
Alright, thanks again you guys, bye-bye!
Now it’s time to cut this pizza open!