Mushroom PIZZA DIY
The day that we most anticipated finally arrived. We divided ourselves into 6 pizza-making teams. Each team had 5-6 people. Being organized into teams allowed us to share different ingredients. We had to wait for the instructor in the morning, so we kept the ingredients in the fridge. But the instructor was really late. Some students were afraid that their ingredients would spoil, so they took it to the Principal's office and stored it in his fridge. The Principal's fridge was stuffed. He reminded us to thaw out the ingredients kept at the freezer section for noon time.
We hurriedly prepared all the materials and tools during the afternoon because we would be making pizzas! The instructor reminded all of us to wash our hands before working. Everyone got a 6 inch pizza dough, which was about as big as our face. The instructor also asked students to write down the steps on the blackboard. The instructor was busy slicing the mushrooms. All of them were high quality produce bought from Qyo Company. There's the slippery nameko mushroom, dark oyster mushrooms, thick abalone mushrooms, bright colored golden mushrooms and cute apricot mushrooms. There's also the pink rose mushroom that smelled like the sea. Every mushroom was perfect for the pizza. Each group was given a plateful of them! Process: 1. Cover the dough with a layer of tomato paste; 2. Spread the tomato paste evenly across the dough and sprinkle the cheese strips; 3. Arrange the toppings evenly; 4. Put in another layer of cheese strips; 5. Place the pizza in the oven and bake it until the cheese turns brown (you could try this DIY project as well). Our group brought these ingredients - sweet corn kernels, ham, cheese strips, canned pineapple, canned tuna, shrimp, ketchup, onions (I brought the canned tuna and shrimp, and it cost a total of 159 dollars). Although it seemed little, the additional mushrooms allowed us to completely cover our 6 inch pizza with toppings. I started to spread the tomato paste onto my pizza dough slowly at first. I then had some trouble. Why? Because I was hesitant on deciding what food ingredients to put on the dough. I was worried that I would mess it up, so I laid out my pizza slowly. I used a lot of cheese strips (because I want the stretchy cheese threads ^O^). I used nearly every type of ingredients that my classmates brought and also added a small mushroom pattern on my pizza while arranging the topping. After adding the last layer of cheese strips, we prepared to bake our pizzas using the large oven in our school kitchen! I hoped that the pizza could retain its shape after baking. I had to remember what my pizza looked like so that I would not take the wrong one (we did put them in the oven by order). The instructor also asked some students to take the pizzas from the third floor to the central kitchen at the first floor. It was dangerous because we could spill the pizza if we trip and fall, so we had to be extra careful :) Our pizzas were done after about 20 minutes. I didn't know what happened. Did it get burnt? I was thinking, gosh, where did my pizza go? It did go missing! I spent a long time looking for it while other students took theirs and prepared to return to the classroom. It turned out that someone made a mistake and took my pizza. In the end, I got my pizza back safely. That was so scary! I went back to class happily to enjoy my pizza. However, the instructor told us to cut our pizza in half and share it with the school teachers. Not everyone liked that because everyone wanted to eat the entire pizza. A few wanted to bring it home and share it with their families. However, we had to share with our teachers. Some students almost cried. In the end, the instructor said that students who were helpful would only need to share a quarter of their pizza. Since I was a deputy monitor, I still retained three quarters of my pizza. It tasted so good with the cheese threads and all! I never believed that my first attempt in pizza-making would be a success. Other classmates also made fantastic and creative pizzas! |