Red chile sauce (vitamix) and carne adovada

Put into the vitamix:

• 10 dried red chile pods (break off the stems)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp salt
• About 2 cups hot water

Mix on slow a bit, then, move to high.  Mix on "high" for 3-4 minutes.  That's it.

For the Carne Adovada:

• Use 6 pods.  (8 pods was a bit too spicy)
• Replace salt with bouillon (enough for 2-3 cups)
• Add 2-3 tbsp flour before blending

For about 3 lbs of meat in a crockpot:  Use the above amount of red chile sauce, + 1 chopped onion, some oregano, 2 14-oz cans of hominy.  Cook in crockpot on low for 8 hrs.

No-knead pizza dough

2.5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 to 1/2 tsp yeast
1 cup water

Mix dry ingredients.  Add water, stir until water is all absorbed.  You may need 1 more tbsp of water if the humidity is low.  The dough will be sticky.  Maybe coat the dough with a spoon of olive oil at the end of all the stirring.

Cover, let rise 18-24 hrs.

Preheat the oven with the pizza stones (convection 450 or 475 F).  Scrape out the dough on a floured surface.  Divide and form balls (fold the dough into balls).  Set seam down; cover and let rest about 30 minutes.  Roll out gently; place on pizza peel (flour & cornmeal on peel).  Add toppings.  Slide on stone; bake 8-9 minutes.

Makes about 4 personal-sized thin-crust pizzas.