Alfredo shares with us this ancient way of preparing pizza, a family secret directly from Rauch, Argentina.  He prepares this tasty pizza every Wednesday night at Kinlay, for everyone and tonight, he is giving you his master recipe in 5 simple steps, so you can do this at home.  Thanks Alfredo!!!

Note: The ingredients given are for 6 or 7 pizzas

1)   Making the volcano, but be careful, don’t let it erupt

In a bowl or straight on a table spread the 2 kg of flour in a volcano shape, add 8 sachets of yeast powder and a bit of water in the middle of it and 4 tablespoons of salt around the outside part of the volcano.

2) The volcano erupted…now mix the lava and make some magic

Blend all the ingredients with your hands and add more water as needed, take it out of the bowl and knead it until your dough is getting shape and leave it there resting for 20 minutes, so it grows twice its size.

3)  Getting red

While the dough is growing we don’t waste any time and we start preparing the tomato sa

uce. Cut in very small pieces, 4 garlic cloves and cook them in a sauce pan with a bit of olive oil, add 6 cans of tomato sauce and oregano and leave it there until the sauce is cooked, aprox. 15 mins in low.

4) The real thing

Separate the dough in 6 balls.  Knead them, place them in an oven pan stretched and spread the tomato sauce, add cheese and put it in the oven for 10 minutes in high heat.

5) Take a seat and enjoy

Take the pizza out of the oven cut in pieces, seat on a table and get yourself a nice glass of vino Tinto…

You can find more of these tasty and easy to prepare recipes in the Hostelbookers.com Backpacker recipie guide.

Backpacker Party and Arthur

Tomorrow sees the inaugural Backpacker Party – an exclusive party for guests of Dublin’s Best Hostels of which we are a proud member. The party gets going at 9pm and we’ll be dragging all our guests down just before that. If you’re staying on Friday the 23rd make sure to get your tickets at reception before they’re all gone!

But before all that tonight sees yet another Arthurs Day, a day when everybody necks a pint of the black stuff in honour of Mr Guinness himself and the many hazy nights and sore mornings he has bestowed on us all. 17.59 is the time – slainte to you all.

In other developments we’re getting ready for renovations – keep your eye out for spanking new bathrooms coming soon. Our team of doozers are busy drawing and formulating plans – all will be revealed shortly.

Tito the turtle has reached over the halfway mark to getting his lady friend with over 550 friends on facebook – keep spreading the word…..

And that’s it from the newroom for the moment – see you all soon.

We had some fun during the month with the IHH Free Travel Ireland project. Claire and Sadhbh were travelling around Ireland performing challenges to earn a free stay in hostels. We got them to organise a group, take them out to the airport and throw a welcome party for complete strangers in the arrivals hall. You can watch their adventures here

In other news we have two new devoted members of staff dedicated to food and fun. Daniel has been entertaining guests with guided trips to Howth, Bingo nights, Twister nights, drinking games, movie nights, birthday parties and whatever guests make him do. Alfredo has become the resident free chef serving free pancakes, free pizza and pasta on various nights – check the information at reception when you check in to see what they have up their sleeves for you.

In our never ending quest to continue to be the best hostel in Dublin we are now doing a free pizza night. Yes – free pizza. Our latest recruit, Alfredo, will be trying to preserve your hard earned/borrowed/begged cash by filling your bellies with his legendary homemade pizza every Wednesday. We’ve just tasted the first samples from the oven and they are pretty damn good. He will also be dishing out free pancakes on Sundays and Mondays, Free pasta on Tuesdays, there’s the free BBQ on Thursdays, on Friday he’ll take you to the market and you can join in a communal cook in and on Saturdays Alfredo and Daniel will take you to Dublins cheapest restaurants.

Kinlay House just got even better.

Kinlay House is a must see for all visitors to the city and we were happy to welcome their majesties and the Queen and Prince Phillip who thoroughly enjoyed their stay with us. Phillip managed to avoid any gaffes this time. My favourite is his comment about his daughter Princess Anne; “If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested”. Marvellous.

Tito the turtle, although the most popular turtle in Kinlay, still has not reached his goal of 1000 friends he is creeping slowly up to the magic number that will get him his new girlfriend – pass it on!! We are also offering a prize to the 1000th friend….

http://www.facebook.com/people/Tito-Turtle/100002245627225

We have waved goodbye to yet another fine Finnish receptionist – Näkemiin Rita! We think that means goodbye Rita but are not too sure. Her likes will surely be seen again.

In other news…. there is none. That’s all for now.