Be Berry Informed is about for lack of a better word, lifestyle and more importantly, it is about how to make your life easier. As a part of that concept, simplifying your life, Be Berry Informed on 3 January 2025 lived streamed how to make the perfect pizza dough
and on 5 January 2025 Be Berry Informed created 2 videos, showing how to prepare the perfect pizza
and the results.
In order to re-purpose the remaining pizza dough, a dessert pizza was made
with the results.
In this article, I will deconstruct, review, what went well and what could have been better. I am doing this for two reasons. First, it is demonstrate self-reflection. To show my followers that it is important not to give up and how you can take an experience and develop from it. Second it is to set the scene for another event, where I come back and make improvements.
Bread Dough:
The Good:
Overall I was pleased with the dough. I felt I did get the temperature right and the simplicity of the recipe meant it was an easy one to teach.
The Bad:
When doing the video, I lost count of how many cups of flour I measured. I think this left the dough a bit sticky but it was very manageable. However, when it mixed it did not mix as well as it should have. This was a bit of a disappointment for me.
Pizza
The Good:
I was very pleased with the video and I felt it went very well. I felt I was able to explain the reason for choosing making pizza and how it can be an enriching experience for families.
The Bad:
Before live streaming, I struggled with what to do with the pizza dough. Do I take it out 90 minutes before streaming to have it reach room temperature and to flatten it so that it could rise or take it out of the fridge to show the viewers that bread dough can rise in the refrigerator. I opted for the latter because I felt, it by the time I assembled the pizza that the dough might have enough time at room temperature. Unfortunately, when I cut into the dough the dough did not have the texture I wanted and was disappointed. Also, after pre-cooking the dough for 5 minutes it was clear that my miscalculation on flour showed.
Another thing that could have been done better, was the planning for the second pizza. I knew I had cheese but when I took it out it was clear that it could not be used. The tomatoes were borderline usable and for a video, I chose not to use them. and because of the weather conditions, I could not run to the store for cheese and tomatoes. So, I had to re-plan the event.
Desert Pizza
The Good:
Be Berry Informed focus on lifestyle and as a part of the concept of lifestyle, Be Berry Informed is helping families save money so they can enjoy the success. Success does not mean being financially wealthy. Instead is about the wealth that comes from family time, being able to enjoy the money you make from working instead of paying bills, Be Berry Informed is about giving you ideas on how you can get the most from life. So by re-purposing the pizza dough it was to ensure you were able to get the most the money you spent and to reduce the total cost of the meal.
When I was younger I did make a lot of apple pies and apple crumble and from that experience, I had an idea of the basic recipe for the desert pizza. However, it has been a few years since I made an apple pie or crumble. This meant I was not 100% confident in my recipe. Nonetheless, when cooled enough to eat the filling was very good.
The Bad:
I believe if I had 3 cups of sugar instead of 2 then the sauce would have the consistency I wanted. Because it was a bit runny, the sauce did drip into my oven creating a lot of smoke. Also, I think, I might have added too much butter and probably should have cut back just a bit on it. As for the crust, I feel it sort of worked but given some of the issue, I feel it took away from it. Plus pizza dough crust is probably not the best crust for a desert.
Finally
I will plan two events in two weeks and re-try this and see what further success comes from retrying.