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.
