Thursday, September 30, 2010

Homemade Pizza

I made a pizza today and it was damn good. Now, it's not that I've never tried to make a homemade pizza, I have and they usually turn out to be failures, but not this bad boy. This was pizza yumminess.

Homemade Pizza

Ingredients:
  • 2 cups All-Purpose flour (3 Cups if you’re only using All-Purpose)
  • 1/2 cup Whole Wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon dry-active yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 2tsp Olive Oil
Recipe:
  1. Combine the Warm Water (105-110 degrees farenheight) sugar and yeast in a bowl and let activate for 5-10 minutes
  2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour and salt. Pulse a few times until flour and salt is well combined.
  3. With the food processor running, add your water and yeast mixture and let it continue to work until it forms a ball and the sides of the bowl are clean.
  4. Knead a bit and don’t forget to dust your working area with flour (I used the whole wheat flour for the dusting)
  5. Coat a bowl with the olive oil, place your dough in the bowl, and let rise for 1.5-2 hours
  6. When the dough has doubled in size, go ahead and punch it down. At this point I like to roll out the dough and put it in the pan I’m going to bake it in (I rolled it out with a rolling pin, which worked out fine but be sure that you flour everything well, that includes your rolling pin). Also, don’t forget to oil your baking pan.
  7. Let rest and rise for another half hour to 45 minutes
  8. Pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees (I know it’s high, but it guarantees a crispy crust)
  9. Par-bake the crust for 5-7 minutes, the bottom will have cooked a bit and will not be stuck in any way shape or form.
  10. Add your favorite toppings and finish baking until golden and crusty!
  11. Wait for it to cool a bit before you dig in.

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