How To Make a Pizza
How To Make a Pizza - With this book's easy-to follow instructions, recipes for more than 50 scrumptious pizzas, and full-sized photos of finished pies, you'll be making and baking your favorite pizzas in no time. Discover the secrets of pizza pie, from the traditional recipes of Naples and old Italy, to modern variations from around the globe. Whether you like thin, crispy crusts or thick deep-dish pies; vegetable toppings such as artichokes, eggplant, and peppers or meat toppings like ham, pancetta, and spicy salami; traditional mozzarella cheese or pizzas with several cheeses such as provolone, gorgonzola, and ricotta, Pizza will show you how you can make your favorites in your very own oven. • Unique, eye-catching, fun format • Amazing lush photos in the actual size and shape of the finished pizzas • 56 different scrumptious recipes inside • Easy-to-follow recipes and instructions • Includes all the classics such as Pizza Margherita, Pizza Marinara, and Sicilian Pizza • Filled with unique, fresh recipes such as Pizza with Gorgonzola & Pineapple, Cheese Pizza with Onion, Apple & Walnut, and Pizza with Garlic, Arugula & Parmesan • Healthy recipes including whole-wheat and gluten-free crusts • Step-by-step photos show how to prepare basic pizza doughs, how to fit them into the pan, and how to spread various toppings • Great for getting kids into the kitchen and interested in cooking! Delight your friends and family with fresh-from-the-oven, homemade pizza!
Preheat oven and a baking sheet to 220C/fan 200C.
Mix strong bread flour, salt and fast-action yeast together in a large bowl. Quickly stir in lukewarm water and olive oil and bring together to a rough dough.
Tip out the mixture onto a lightly floured worksurface and knead for 5 mins until you have a smooth, springy dough.
Roll out into a thin round (you may have to stretch it with your hands a little) and place on a floured baking sheet.
Add your favourite toppings (such as tomato passata, mozzarella, vegetables or cured meats), place the floured sheet on top of the preheated sheet and bake for 10-15 mins, until the pizza is golden and crispy.
How To Make a Pizza in other ways
If you like ordering pizza from your local pizzeria, you'll love making it at home. No pizza will ever taste as fresh as it does when you eat it straight from your own oven. This article gives instructions on how to make hot, fresh pizza the fast way, or from scratch. Scroll to the bottom for a section on popular toppings combinations.
Ingredients
Pizza
1 pizza base
Pizza sauce
Favourite pizza toppings
Grated mozzarella cheese
Pizza from Scratch
1/2 cup of warm water
1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast
3 1/2 cups of flour (bread or all-purpose)
2 tablespoons of olive oil
3 cups of homemade pizza sauce
Favorite pizza toppings
4 cups of grated mozzarella cheese
Cornmeal
2 teaspoons of salt
Popular Toppings
Grated cheese (mozzarella, romano, parmesan, goat cheese or some combination)
Sliced pepperoni
Chopped onions
Green peppers
Sausage
Bacon or bacon bits
Chicken chunks
Olives (Black, green, or stuffed)
Mushrooms
Ground beef
Ham pieces
Pineapple slices
Basil
Roasted garlic
Barbecue chicken
1 Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit (204°Celsius). The oven should be piping hot before you start cooking the pizza.
2 Prepare the crust. Remove the unbaked crust from the packaging. Place it on a round or rectangular baking sheet, depending on what you have on hand. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the top of the crust.
3 Spread pizza sauce on the crust. How much pizza sauce you add is purely a matter of personal preference. If you love a lot of sauce, go ahead and slather it on. If you prefer your pizza on the dry side, spoon a little in the middle and spread it around in a thin layer.
If you want to make a white pizza, add a little extra olive oil and skip the pizza sauce.
You can make a quick pizza sauce using tomato paste, a can of diced tomatoes, and some spices. Simmer the paste and tomatoes (without draining them first) together over low heat. Add salt, oregano and pepper to taste. Continue simmering until the sauce cooks down to the consistency of pizza sauce.
4 Add toppings. Layer your favorite toppings over the sauce. Add as many or as few toppings as you want. Put the heavier toppings, like onions, chicken or sausage, on the bottom layer, and add lighter toppings, like spinach leaves or peppers, on the top layer. Continue until your pizza is loaded with the amount of toppings you like.
Other than pepperoni and ham which are pre-cooked, meat toppings should always be cooked before you put them on the pizza. They'll get heated when you bake the pizza, but they won't fully cook. If you're using ground beef, sausage, chicken, or another meat, cook it thoroughly in a pan on the stove or in the oven and drain the grease before you add it to your pizza.
Remember that if you add too many vegetable toppings, your pizza crust may turn out a little soggy. The water from the vegetables moistens the dough. Limit the amount of spinach and other "watery" vegetables you put on your pizza if you're worried about this happening.
5 Add the cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the toppings. Layer it on thick if you like it that way, or add a thin layer if you're going for a lighter pizza. Use Cheddar if you like.
6 Bake the pizza. Place the pizza in the oven and have it bake for about 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes before slicing.
Method How To Make a Pizza
1 Proof the yeast. Place the warm water in a large mixing bowl. Pour the yeast onto the water and let it sit until it dissolves. After a few minutes the yeast mixture should begin to bubble.
2 Add the other dough ingredients. Put the flour, olive oil, and salt in the mixing bowl with the yeast mixture. Use the dough hook attachment on your stand mixture or work by hand to stir the ingredients together until a wet dough forms. Keep mixing the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.
If you're working by hand, the dough will become difficult to stir when it starts to thicken. Put down the spoon and knead the dough until it reaches the right texture.
If the dough looks wet after you've been mixing or kneading it for a long time, add some flour to dry it it up a little.
3 Let the dough rise. Form it into a ball and place it in a clean mixing bowl coated with a little olive oil. Put a dishcloth, some muslin or plastic wrap over the bowl and place it in a warm part of the kitchen. Let the dough sit and rise until it has doubled in size, which should take about 2 hours.
You can let the dough rise in the refrigerator instead. This takes about 6 - 8 hours.
You can also freeze the dough before it rises and let it rise when you're ready to make pizza.
4 Preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C). Do this well before you're ready to bake the pizza, so the oven has plenty of time to get quite hot. If your oven tends to run cool, turn the temperature up to 450°F (232°C).
If you're using a baking stone or pizza stone, place it in the oven so it gets preheated as well.
If you're using a baking sheet, place it in the oven at this time.
5 Form the crusts. Divide the dough into two equal parts and shape them each into balls. On a floured work surface, roll out the first ball of dough into a circular shape, or use your fingers to stretch it out and shape it. If you're feeling ambitious, you could also try tossing the dough to form it into a pizza shape. When you're finished with the first crust, make the second.
6 Get the crusts ready to bake. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the tops of the crusts.
7 Top the pizzas. Spread homemade pizza sauce (or sauce from a jar) onto the crusts. Layer on your favorite toppings, making sure not to go overboard or the crusts won't get crisp. Finish by sprinkling on your favorite type of cheese.
8 Bake the pizzas one at a time. Carefully remove the baking sheet or stone from the oven and sprinkle it with some cornmeal (or reach into the oven to sprinkle it on). Transfer the pizza to the baking stone or sheet, and place it back in the oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly. Repeat with the second pizza.
If you're using a baking peel, transfer the pizza directly from the peel to the stone in the oven. Baking peels are used by professional pizza bakers along with baking stones. The unbaked pizza is assembled on the peel, then transferred to the stone in the oven.
Popular Toppings Combinations
1 Classic loaded pizza. This type of pizza has a traditional tomato pizza sauce and is loaded with meat, vegetables and cheese. Each piece is practically a meal in and of itself. You'll need the following ingredients:
2 Vegetarian white pizza. This elegant pizza is a delicious choice for anyone, whether or not you're a meat eater. Since vegetables tend to make the dough moist, skip the tomato sauce and slather the top of the pizza with some extra olive oil before adding the toppings. Choose from these ingredients:
Sliced fresh tomatoes
Basil leaves
How To Make a Pizza
Points to rememberPreheat oven and a baking sheet to 220C/fan 200C.
Mix strong bread flour, salt and fast-action yeast together in a large bowl. Quickly stir in lukewarm water and olive oil and bring together to a rough dough.
Tip out the mixture onto a lightly floured worksurface and knead for 5 mins until you have a smooth, springy dough.
Roll out into a thin round (you may have to stretch it with your hands a little) and place on a floured baking sheet.
Add your favourite toppings (such as tomato passata, mozzarella, vegetables or cured meats), place the floured sheet on top of the preheated sheet and bake for 10-15 mins, until the pizza is golden and crispy.
How To Make a Pizza in other ways
If you like ordering pizza from your local pizzeria, you'll love making it at home. No pizza will ever taste as fresh as it does when you eat it straight from your own oven. This article gives instructions on how to make hot, fresh pizza the fast way, or from scratch. Scroll to the bottom for a section on popular toppings combinations.
Ingredients
Pizza
1 pizza base
Pizza sauce
Favourite pizza toppings
Grated mozzarella cheese
Pizza from Scratch
1/2 cup of warm water
1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast
3 1/2 cups of flour (bread or all-purpose)
2 tablespoons of olive oil
3 cups of homemade pizza sauce
Favorite pizza toppings
4 cups of grated mozzarella cheese
Cornmeal
2 teaspoons of salt
Popular Toppings
Grated cheese (mozzarella, romano, parmesan, goat cheese or some combination)
Sliced pepperoni
Chopped onions
Green peppers
Sausage
Bacon or bacon bits
Chicken chunks
Olives (Black, green, or stuffed)
Mushrooms
Ground beef
Ham pieces
Pineapple slices
Basil
Roasted garlic
Barbecue chicken
1 Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit (204°Celsius). The oven should be piping hot before you start cooking the pizza.
2 Prepare the crust. Remove the unbaked crust from the packaging. Place it on a round or rectangular baking sheet, depending on what you have on hand. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the top of the crust.
3 Spread pizza sauce on the crust. How much pizza sauce you add is purely a matter of personal preference. If you love a lot of sauce, go ahead and slather it on. If you prefer your pizza on the dry side, spoon a little in the middle and spread it around in a thin layer.
If you want to make a white pizza, add a little extra olive oil and skip the pizza sauce.
You can make a quick pizza sauce using tomato paste, a can of diced tomatoes, and some spices. Simmer the paste and tomatoes (without draining them first) together over low heat. Add salt, oregano and pepper to taste. Continue simmering until the sauce cooks down to the consistency of pizza sauce.
4 Add toppings. Layer your favorite toppings over the sauce. Add as many or as few toppings as you want. Put the heavier toppings, like onions, chicken or sausage, on the bottom layer, and add lighter toppings, like spinach leaves or peppers, on the top layer. Continue until your pizza is loaded with the amount of toppings you like.
Other than pepperoni and ham which are pre-cooked, meat toppings should always be cooked before you put them on the pizza. They'll get heated when you bake the pizza, but they won't fully cook. If you're using ground beef, sausage, chicken, or another meat, cook it thoroughly in a pan on the stove or in the oven and drain the grease before you add it to your pizza.
Remember that if you add too many vegetable toppings, your pizza crust may turn out a little soggy. The water from the vegetables moistens the dough. Limit the amount of spinach and other "watery" vegetables you put on your pizza if you're worried about this happening.
5 Add the cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the toppings. Layer it on thick if you like it that way, or add a thin layer if you're going for a lighter pizza. Use Cheddar if you like.
6 Bake the pizza. Place the pizza in the oven and have it bake for about 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes before slicing.
Method How To Make a Pizza
1 Proof the yeast. Place the warm water in a large mixing bowl. Pour the yeast onto the water and let it sit until it dissolves. After a few minutes the yeast mixture should begin to bubble.
2 Add the other dough ingredients. Put the flour, olive oil, and salt in the mixing bowl with the yeast mixture. Use the dough hook attachment on your stand mixture or work by hand to stir the ingredients together until a wet dough forms. Keep mixing the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.
If you're working by hand, the dough will become difficult to stir when it starts to thicken. Put down the spoon and knead the dough until it reaches the right texture.
If the dough looks wet after you've been mixing or kneading it for a long time, add some flour to dry it it up a little.
3 Let the dough rise. Form it into a ball and place it in a clean mixing bowl coated with a little olive oil. Put a dishcloth, some muslin or plastic wrap over the bowl and place it in a warm part of the kitchen. Let the dough sit and rise until it has doubled in size, which should take about 2 hours.
You can let the dough rise in the refrigerator instead. This takes about 6 - 8 hours.
You can also freeze the dough before it rises and let it rise when you're ready to make pizza.
4 Preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C). Do this well before you're ready to bake the pizza, so the oven has plenty of time to get quite hot. If your oven tends to run cool, turn the temperature up to 450°F (232°C).
If you're using a baking stone or pizza stone, place it in the oven so it gets preheated as well.
If you're using a baking sheet, place it in the oven at this time.
5 Form the crusts. Divide the dough into two equal parts and shape them each into balls. On a floured work surface, roll out the first ball of dough into a circular shape, or use your fingers to stretch it out and shape it. If you're feeling ambitious, you could also try tossing the dough to form it into a pizza shape. When you're finished with the first crust, make the second.
6 Get the crusts ready to bake. Use a pastry brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the tops of the crusts.
7 Top the pizzas. Spread homemade pizza sauce (or sauce from a jar) onto the crusts. Layer on your favorite toppings, making sure not to go overboard or the crusts won't get crisp. Finish by sprinkling on your favorite type of cheese.
8 Bake the pizzas one at a time. Carefully remove the baking sheet or stone from the oven and sprinkle it with some cornmeal (or reach into the oven to sprinkle it on). Transfer the pizza to the baking stone or sheet, and place it back in the oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly. Repeat with the second pizza.
If you're using a baking peel, transfer the pizza directly from the peel to the stone in the oven. Baking peels are used by professional pizza bakers along with baking stones. The unbaked pizza is assembled on the peel, then transferred to the stone in the oven.
Popular Toppings Combinations
1 Classic loaded pizza. This type of pizza has a traditional tomato pizza sauce and is loaded with meat, vegetables and cheese. Each piece is practically a meal in and of itself. You'll need the following ingredients:
- Sliced mushrooms of any kind
- Sliced red and green bell peppers
- Sliced onions
- Sliced black olives
- Sliced pepperonis
- Sausage pieces
- Diced ham
2 Vegetarian white pizza. This elegant pizza is a delicious choice for anyone, whether or not you're a meat eater. Since vegetables tend to make the dough moist, skip the tomato sauce and slather the top of the pizza with some extra olive oil before adding the toppings. Choose from these ingredients:
- Spinach leaves
- Chopped kale
- Sliced beets
- Roasted garlic
- Green olives
- Goat cheese
- Fresh mozzarella slices
- Pineapple chunks
- Caramelized onions
- Grilled ham slices or Canadian bacon slices
- Mozzarella cheese
Sliced fresh tomatoes
Basil leaves
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