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Homemade Pizza

Homemade Pizza

Chichi Uguru
Homemade Pizza anyone? yayyyy!!! home made pizza tastes delightfully awesome and is so easy to make. throws in a few ingredients and the dough is ready then top with any topping you like. easy peasy right? I told ya..
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8 slices
Calories 263kcal

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 250 g Bread flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 1½ Tablespoon Cooking oil of choice
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon active dry yeast or fast action yeast.
  • ¾ cup warm milk ( you can sub with warm water)

For the sauce:

  • 2 Tablespoons organic tomato paste
  • 1½ Tablespoons water
  • ⅛ teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dry oregano leaves
  • ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ Tablespoon bacon grease

Toppings:

  • 6 strips of bacon cooked and cut up
  • 12 pieces of pepperoni
  • 1½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

For the dough:

  • Put the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt and yeast) in the bowl of a mixer with the hook attachment.
  • Add the oil to the milk ( wet ingredients) Then add the wet ingredients ( milk and oil mix) to the dry ingredients.
  • Mix with the dough hook attachment until it forms ball of dough. Then beat for another two minutes ( that's the kneading part ?) Grease a bowl with oil and transfer the dough into it. Cover with cling film then a kitchen towel. Keep in a warm place like your microwave for 45 minutes to allow it rise.
  • While the dough is rising, prepare the sauce.

The sauce:

  • Add water and bacon grease or oil to the tomato paste. Mix till well combined.
  • Add the herbs and spices. Mix thoroughly. Taste fort seasoning  and adjust accordingly.
  • Set aside..

Assembling the pizza:

  • Preheat oven to 400°F After about 45 mins the dough should have risen, punch it down. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface and knead slightly for about 3 mins. (If dough is still sticky add a little flour be careful not to add too much flour)
  • Grease pizza pan lightly with oil or oil spray. then dust lightly with flour or cornmeal. ( corn meal helps in the crisping process)
  • Roll the dough into a 12 in circle, transfer rolled dough to a baking sheet or a perforated pizza pan ( don't worry dough will stay intact.) adjust with have if need be.
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  • Scoop the sauce onto the dough and spread with a spoon or spatula.
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  • Spread the mozzarella cheese evenly on top of the tomato sauce.
  • Then add the bacon and pepperoni Place in the top rack of oven and bake for 15-20 mins or when the edges begin to brown a little.
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  • Turn off oven and leave oven door open to allow it cool down a bit.
  • Bring out from the oven and cut into 8 wedges with a pizza cutter or knife. And Enjoy ?

Notes

Tips for success:
  • Bread flour is my preference when making pizza. You can substitute with unbleached all purpose flour.
  • This recipe can be doubled comfortably. you can even make the dough ahead and freeze for later.
  • The dough can be mixed by hand if you don't have a mixer.
  • When mixing with your stand mixer please hold the head down. I find that the head of my Kitchen aid wants to fly up when mixing bread dough and it is a strong and stable mixer.
  • A perforated pizza pan and the use of cornmeal to dust the pan helps get you a crispy bottom pizza.
 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Homemade Pizza
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.