Deep in the countryside of Central Italy, locals & foreigners mix & mingle long into the night, devouring the best wood-fired pizza in the area, sharing stories & laughter over liters of wine as the faint sound of the accordion plays on in the background!  Thursday's Pizza Night is always a memorable evening at La Tavola Marche (Organic Farm, Inn & Cooking School)  and filmmaker Patrick Richardson Wright captured it perfectly!

Pizza Dough
Pasta per pizza

Makes 4 personal pizzas

1 oz. of fresh active yeast
1 glass of milk
1 glass of water
1 finger of extra virgin olive oil
1 finger of beer
1 glass of high gluten flour
salt & pepper
enough all-purpose flour to make a smooth dough

Note: The ‘glass’ size is a typical wine glass.  Exact amounts are not important as long as the same glass is used throughout the recipe.

Heat liquid ingredients to tepid.

Add yeast & dissolve completely. Wait 2-3 minutes for yeast to activate.

Add high gluten flour & mix in. Begin adding all-purpose flour cup by cup & incorporating until a dough suitable for turning on a board is achieved.

Turn dough out on board, knead for 10 minutes or until dough is smooth & elastic, adding flour as needed.

Return dough to original bowl, cover with a kitchen towel.  Allow to double to triple in size in a warm draft-free place. Normally for about 3 hours.

Punch dough down & cut into baseball size balls of dough for individual pizzas.

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Join us every Thursday at our Agriturismo/Farmhouse as we fire up the outdoor wood burning oven, dine al'fresco family-style in the garden & enjoy handmade pizzas, salad from our garden, dessert & a quarter litre of wine for 15 Euro per person.

 
Are you a pizzaiolo at heart? Try our famous hands-on pizza class (featured in Food & Wine) and learn the secrets of making pizza from scratch, rolling & tossing your dough and collecting fresh ingredients for the toppings & sauce straight from our organic garden! Then master the art of firing your pizza in the outdoor wood burning oven!
 
PIZZA COOKING CLASS -  includes 3+ hours of hands-on cooking including pizza, sauce, toppings & tiramisu, garden tour, hand-printed apron gift, meal & local wine = 125 Euro/person
 
WOOD FIRED PIZZA - EVERY THURSDAY in June, July & August!
(Continues into September weather permitting)
Reservations a must as space is limited!
call/text: +39 331.525.2753
email: info[at]latavolamarche.com

 
Enjoy the video & we hope you can make it out for one of our pizza parties! 

Ashley Bartner is the Living in Italy Editor for Wandering
Educators. You can find her recipes and photos at:

http://www.latavolamarche.com
http://latavolamarche.blogspot.com

All photos courtesy and copyright Kyle Johnson, kjphotos.com