Pizza is one of the most popular food of the world. Pizza is one of the most popular dishes around the world. It is
generally a flat round bread which is oven-baked and covered with
tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and mozzarella cheese. Toppings are
also added depending on the region, culture or personal preference. In
this article, we will be learning how to make a pizza at home.
The basic steps in pizza making are first preparing dough, then pizza
sauce. After that, cheese and toppings are added according to taste and
then the pizza is baked in an oven. This seems to be simple while
reading but preparing a good mouth watering pizza at home drains in a
lot of hard work. However, you will be able to make pizza at home easily
using this step-by-step guide.
Let's start from the scratch.
Making Pizza Dough
Dough making has been known to humans since ages now, but mastering
the art to make perfect pizza dough can be a bit cumbersome sometimes.
At home, Pizza dough is prepared by hands, no special machinery is
required. However to prepare hand-made dough you will need to have a
large mixing bowl, a measuring cup, measuring spoons, a large whisk or
wooden mixing spoon and some kitchen film before you start. It will be
better if you also keep a small hand towel ready before starting the
process.
Ingredients:
1 - 1/4 Oz Envelope - Active dry yeast, (or 2 1/4 Tsp)
1 1/2 Cups - Warm water (110°F - 115°F)
4 Cups - Bread flour
1 1/2 Tsp. - Salt
2 Tbsp. - Extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. - Sugar
Extra flour
Extra olive oil
Process
Pour the warm water in a large mixing bowl, then add the sugar and
dissolve it. Next, dissolve the yeast by stirring continuously after
addition. Allow the mixture to settle down for 10 minutes or extra so
that the yeast becomes active.
Now add the yeast and olive oil, when the appearance of the mixture
becomes foamy and cloudy at the surface. Dissolve it continuous
stirring. Then add 3 cups of flour to the mixture one-by-one and whisk
in until dissolved completely. Make sure the mixture is completely
smooth. Use your hands to combine the dough until all of the dry flour
has moistened into a mass.
When the flour has absorbed all of the moisture and congealed into a
firm mass, remove it from the bowl to a floured tabletop to knead it.
Fold it in half again and push it into itself, again and again for
perhaps 10 to 12 minutes or so, or about 200 cycles. It is very
important that the dough is very well kneaded.
After kneading is complete, when dough transforms into a silky,
smoothly-textured ball, coat the dough ball with a thin layer of olive
oil. After that place it in the bottom of a large mixing bowl that has
also been coated on the inside with olive oil.
Now comes the step on panning the prepared pizza dough. One of the
most demanding of the pizza maker's many challenges is getting the raw
pizza dough ball into a pizza pan. The panning of pizza can be done by
various methods as per your convenience. The popular methods are Pizza
dough sheeting, pizza dough pressing, hand tossing pizza dough- do it
only if you don't get hazy when catching, hand pressing pizza dough, and
last is pin rolling pizza dough.
Making Pizza Sauce
Normally at home, we recommend using tomato sauce only which is
lightly herbed with oregano and basil. Some pizza lovers prefer to have
even simpler sauce than this, however tomato sauce is the simplest to
prepare at home.
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of tomato puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow onions, minced
1 Tsp. - Whole oregano
2 Qts. - Canned whole Italian tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole basil
Process
Melt the butter with olive oil in an oven or large skillet. Now
slowly but completely sauté the garlic and onion. Then add the tomatoes,
salt, pepper, oregano, basil and puree. Boil it.
Cover the mixture and let it bubble for two hours. In between, stir
it occasionally. Crush the tomatoes with the masher. Continue the
process till the sauce reaches the consistency of a soup.
Set the sauce aside to cool before applying it to your pizza dough, or, or refrigerate it for use in the future.
Pizza Topping
Ladle about 7 to 8 oz. of pizza sauce into the middle, bottom of the
dough shell. Spread the sauce evenly over the surface of the dough
sheet. Spoon the sauce out to the edge of the dough sheet. Leave a small
margin on the outer-side of the dough sheet, which allows the crust to
rise and crisp more quickly than the covered dough; creating the
classic, puffed up edge of the pizza.
Now create a layer of the
shredded cheese over the sauce. Shred about two cups of cheese. Arrange
your toppings over this layer of cheese.
Add toppings according to your preference.
Baking the Pizza
Preheat your oven up-to the temperature of 450° F for about 10 to 15
minutes. When preheating is done, place a prepped pizza in the oven at
the centre. Place the pan in the oven such as there is maximum
circulation of air around the pan. The baking will take about 10-15
minutes at that temperature.
Signs to look for that the pizza is ready are:
1) The cheese has melted on top and is beginning to brown.
2) The crust edge has browned, from a medium to a golden brown.
3) Now carefully lift the edge of the pizza to inspect its bottom, it should be evenly brown.
If
these signs are evident, your pizza's done! Thus now you are ready to
throw regular pizza parties of your home made pizza to your friends and
family.
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