"How to make homemade pizza"
Learn to make pizza at home like a pro with these simple step-by-step instructions. This detailed post will help you make the best pizza which I am sure will your family favorite. This Pizza has a crisp, light & chewy base with great flavor. The sauce is amazingly delicious & aromatic. So this post covers everything from scratch-making the pizza dough, making the sauce, and assembling the pizza.
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Homemade veg pizza
Making delicious and perfect cheesy pizza at home is much simpler than we think. There are numerous recipes online to make it but over the years this easy recipe has become our family favorite. Try this and you will never want to order pizza again.
Ingredients
1.All purpose flour, yeast, and sugar.
2.veggies as your favor.
3.Mozarella cheese.
4.Pizza sauce-You can buy or use homemade pizza sauce.
"Preparation of homemade pizza"
1.Bring yeast, flour, and sugar to room temperature. Keep all of these out of the fridge an hour before making the dough.
2.Firstly pour half a cup of lukewarm water into a large mixing bowl. Dip your finger in the water to chick if it is just warm or not hot. Hot water will kill the yeast and won't let the pizza dough rise.
3.An ideal temperature of the water is 40 to 43 c - 105 to 110 F. If you live in a very cold place, just warm up your bowl first. Next pour warm water.
4.Add 1 teaspoon of yeast to the warm water. You can use instant yeast or active yeast. More details in the tips section below. If you prefer to go with a low yeast and let it rise slowly, then add only 1/3 teaspoon yeast.
5.Add 1 teaspoon raw sugar or maple syrup. Avoid using refined white sugar.
6.Stir it gently. Allow this to rest undisturbed for 10 to 12 minutes.
7.The mixture must turn frothy and bubbly, which means the yeast is activated.
8.When the yeast turns frothy, add 2 and 1/2 cups flour (300 grams) 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 and 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to the mixing bowl. Here I have used organic unbleached all-purpose flour. You can also use 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 and 1/2 cup fine wheat flour.
9.Mix all of them to form a dough. You will need more water. If the dough is sticky then you may sprinkle some flour.
10.Knead the dough for 5 mins. Use the heel of your hand to press dough against the kitchen counter/worktop and roll the pizza dough across. In the end, pizza dough should be soft and when you poke it with your finger, it should dent and bounce back slowly. This is the indication of the dough is ready.
11.shape it in form of a ball and apply oil on it. Put it on a bowl greased with oil. Cover the bowl with a moisture napkin to prevent the dough from drying up.
12.It will take 1to 4 hrs depending on the temperature to get double in the size.
13.When you are ready to make the pizza, prepare the veggies & grate the cheese. We prefer only onions, a lot of bell pepper, mushrooms, and olives. You can use whatever veggies you prefer.
14.When the pizza dough doubles in size, it will have lots of air pockets and will rise more.
15.Transger it to the work surface & punch it down to deflate and remove the air bubble.
16.Divide into 2 to 3 parts depending on the size you prefer.
17.Knead a bit of shaping them into round balls. If the dough is too sticky then sprinkle some flour & knead. I made one 9 inches thin crust and then two 6 inch thick crust pizzas. Alternately you can make three 9 inches thin crusts or a single 14-inch thin crust pizza with this recipe.
The flavor of the yeast dough gets much better with cold fermentation as it ages in the fridge. This keeps good for 3 days.
18.When you see the dough has relaxed and is ready to be stretched, preheat the oven to the highest temperature, 220 to 240 C or 470 F for at least 25 to 30 mins. Place a baking tray or cast of the iron pan in the middle tract and heat it as well in the oven. This baking tray/cast iron pan will help to achieve a golden and crisp pizza crust.
19.Sprinkle some cornmeal evenly on a tray. Place a dough ball and flatten it with your fingers. Add few drops of oil.
20.Being to spread and stretch the dough on the tray with your fingers. Keep the edges slightly thicker than the center.
21.Next spread pizza sauce as desired.
22.Lastly layer grated cheese. Then layer the veggies of your choice. Add more cheese on top avoiding the veggies. Sprinkle Italian herbs and chili flakes as preferred.
23.Transfer the pizza tray to the oven. Place it right over the hot baking try/cast iron pan in the preheated oven. Bake it for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese melts and the crust becomes golden and crisp. Adjust the baking time as needed.
24.Let the temperature come down a bit and then slice it. serve hot.
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