Thursday, 19 May 2011

Easy Home Made Pizza

INGREDIENTS FOR THIN BASE


Plain flour-4cups or1/2 kg
Olive oil-4teaspoons
Salt-1/4 teaspoon
Sugar-1/2 teaspoon
Water-125 ml
Yeast-2 teaspoons
Milk-3 teaspoons


BASE PREPARATION


Mix the flour,yeast,sugar and salt together in a large bowl and stir in the olive oil and milk slowly add water while mixing it to a smooth dough ball.Place the dough on a floured chopping board or clean work topand knead for about 5 minutes till it becomes elastic.
Place the dough in a bowl and cover to with a damp towel and leave it for 1 and 1/2 hours to see it become double the size.Knock it back and knead again and leave back in the bowl for 1 hour.Take out dough and roll into a 20 cm or 8 inch base on a floured work top with rolling pin.
Spread tomato sauce over pizza base and add your favourite toppings.Follow the next step as below.


PIZZA SAUCE


INGREDIENTS FOR PIZZA SAUCE


Olive oil-2 teaspoons
Onions finely chopped-1/4 cup
Minced garlic-4 cloves
Tomatoes-6 peeled and mashed
Mixed herbs-1/2 cup
Salt-1/2 teaspoon
Pepper-1/4 teaspoon
Unsalted butter-1 teaspoon


PREPARATION OF PIZZA SAUCE

Heat the oil in a skillet ,sauté onions and garlic for 1 minute.Stir on tomato purée and herbs.Season it with salt and pepper.Cook it for 5 minutes on slow flame and then butter pieces and give it a stir.
Spread it as a thin layer on a pizza base.


PIZZA TOPPINGS


Keep it light and see that they not more than 4 in any combination .

Vegetables- onions, peppers , olives ,chillies,jalapeños ,sweet corn,spinach,tomatoes,leek,broccoli

Herbs- basil, oregano, coriander, mint

Meat- cooked chicken,ham,perma Ham,pepperoni,chirop,mushroom.

Fish- anchovies , prawns, tuna.

However,I prefer adding only vegetables and chicken every time I make mine.


CHEESE


Grated mozzarella cheese of about 1 cup or more is ideal for any pizza.

Cheese combination - provolone , cheddar,Romano,Parmesan ,feta,Swiss,Monterey jack,muenster .


TIME AND TEMPERATURE


Spread the sauce on the base,layer with grated cheese sparsely.Arrange the toppings and finally add the last layer of cheese and bake at 220 degrees on fan oven for 15 -20 minutes.

Check after 15 mins and your pizza looks like this.The picture shown below is topped with mushrooms,chicken and onions.Serve hot with French fries and diet coke.





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