Pizza

My kids love to have pizzas made at home.Since the

home made ones have the toppings of their choice

they like to make at home.This is the recipe I used

to follow from William Sonoma's Baking book .

Ingredients ( for the Pizza crust )

Yeast - 5 tsp

Warm water - 2 1/4 cups

Sugar - 2 tsp

All purpose flour - 5 cups + extra as needed

Salt - 1 tblsp

Olive oil - 1 tblsp

For the Sauce

Tomato chopped - 2 cups

Tomato Puree - 2 cups

Vegetable of your choice - 1 1/2 cups

Fresh or dried Basil ,oregano - 1 tsp each

salt - 1 tsp

Garlic chopped - 1 tsp

Olive oil - 1 tblsp

Mozzarella cheese - 1 cup

Method ( for Sauce )

• Heat oil in a kadai.Add chopped garlic.
• Then add chopped tomato and tomato puree.
• Saute well and add veggies and salt.
• Now add the herbs.
• Cook it in the medium flame till get the desired consistency.

For Pizza

• Dissolve yeast in the warm water for about 5 min.
• Add sugar , oil , flour and salt.Stir well.
• Knead the dough until soft and smooth for 8 - 10 min.
• Cover the dough and let it rise until it doubles 1 - 1 1/2 hrs.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate over night.
• Preheat the oven to 500 F for atleast 30 min.
• Cut in half with a sharp knife.Cover the dough and let rest for 10 min.
• Roll it out into a round 12 - 14 inch.
• Spread the sauce and cheese over it.
• Brush oil over the edges of the pizza.Bake the pizza until the crust is crisp and brown ,10 - 15 min.

Notes

As mentioned in the book this recipe

makes 2 pizzas.We like the thin crust pizzas.So I cut

the dough to 4 parts.

After seeing Lakshmi's tips I am doing pizzas without kneading

the dough.This makes pizza more soft and crust.