Abdullahi Reheena Eleojo
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Pizza should be a regular visitor in our homes, it doesn’t necessarily need to come from delivery person. Making home-made pizza from dough is quick and easy, you can get the pizza dough from a bakery or grocery store.
WHAT YOU NEED
Ingredients;
· 1-pound pizza dough, at room temperature for at least 1 hour.
· ½ to 1 cup sauce; tomato sauce, white sauce or other spread.
2 to 3 cups other toppings; sautéed onions, sautéed mushrooms, pepperoni, cooked sausage, cooked bacon, diced peppers, leftover veggies or any other favourite toppings
· 1 to 2 cups shredded or sliced cheese (4 to 8 ounces) such as mozzarella, Monterey jack, provolone fontina, or any other favourite cornmeal or all purpose flour (optional) .
EQUIPMENT
· Pizza stone or baking sheet
· Pizza peel or baking sheet
· Parchment paper (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS;
1 Heat the oven to 550 degrees or higher- Arrange your rack in the lower-middle part of the oven, place a baking stone on the rack if you have (optional). The high heat will help make it crunchier and more flavourful crust, let the oven heat for at least 30 minutes.
2 Divide the dough in half- one pound of dough makes 2 (10 inch) pizzas. divide the dough in half and cover one half with an upside down bowl or a clean kitchen bowl or a clean kitchen towel while you prepare the first pizza.
3 Roll out the dough
4 Top the pizza- spoon half of the sauce onto the centre of the pizza and use the back of the spoon to spread it out to the edges. Pile on half of the toppings and half of the cheese
5 Baking the pizza- using a pizza peel or the back side of a baking sheet, slide your pizza (with the parchment or with the cornmeal) onto the baking stone, if you don’t have a baking stone, bake the pizza right on the sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, then rotate the pizza. If using parchment, slide it from under the pizza and discard. bake until the crust is golden-brown and the cheese is melted and browned in spots 3 to 5 minutes more.
6 Slice and serve- Transfer the pizza to a cooling rack and let cool slightly, when you are able to handle it transfer to a cutting board, slice into pieces and serve.
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