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Making pizza from scratch |
The first step is the dough. You can make your own or buy it from a store. I own a bread maker and I make my own. If you are serious about making pizza and other bread from scratch, I would recommend buying a bread maker. They are not that expensive and it is simple to make delicious breads and dough with one.
This recipe is for a 1-1/2 pound loaf size. If you have a bigger bread maker, you can increase the quantities accordingly or follow the recipe that comes with your unit.
1 cup warm water {110 degrees F}No warmer
1 1/2 Table spoon olive oil
1 1/2 tea spoon salt
1 Table spoon sugar
3 cups bread flour, more if needed
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
Put all the ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed above. Set bread machine on dough cycle, push start. Let it run about 2 minutes ,open look at dough. It should start to form a ball. If not, add more flour. 1 Tablespoon at a time until it starts to pull away from sides. Let it finish the dough cycle.
When the dough is done, dump it on a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 2 round balls and cover with a clean towel for 20 minutes. Then roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch so it fits on a pizza stone or cookie sheet. Top dough with sauce and your choice of toppings. Put the pizza and toppings in a preheated oven set at 400 Degrees. Bake the pizza about 15 minutes or until brown on top and bottom.
Sauce recipe
1 6 ounce can tomato paste
1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon Dried oregano
1 Table spoon Dried sweet basil
1 teaspoon hot sauce
Mix all together
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2 comments:
Thanks Greg, I was glad to see the sauce recipe. I've been caught a few times without "pizza sauce". Now I can make my own. I've been doing a lot of pizzas lately as well. On a stone at 500 dgrees. My favorite pizza of all time is the neopolitan style. Thin crust, a couple minutes on stone in 500 degree oven. Then just a thin layer of pizza sauce, pinch of salt,Soft Mozzarella, a sprinkle of olive oil and fresh basil leaves. mmmmmmmmmm good. You wouldn't think so, what no pepperoni?? I thought it wouldn't be pizza without pepperoni. I was wrong. It is the best. John M.
I will have to try that
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