Pizza originated in Italy, but has now been taken around the world, becoming a popular food all over. It can go with almost anything! Creating your own pizza could give you a better taste than the ones you buy in the shop. This how-to will give you 3 different ways of creating your pizza. Some methods are faster than the others!
Ingredients
- Pre-made or homemade dough
- 1 egg (as glaze)
- Tomato paste
- Grated cheese (usually mozzarella, romano, parmesan, or some combination)
- Olive oil (Optional)
- Toppings can be almost anything you like, including
- Sliced pepperoni
- Chopped onions
- Green peppers
- Sausage
- Bacon or bacon bits
- Chicken
- Olives
- Mushrooms
- Ground beef
- Ham
- Pineapple
- Yeast
- Sifted flour
- Warm water
Steps
- 1Spread olive oil lightly over the crust to avoid burning.
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www.hiltonshoppinggallery.com - 2Spread tomato paste on your pizza dough.
- 3Add a sprinkling of cheese.
- 4Add any other toppings that you might enjoy.
- 5With a brush add some egg to glaze all around the edges of your pizza dough.
- 6Place your pizza on an oven tray sprayed with olive-oil, so that the pizza doesn't stick.
- 7Put your pizza in the oven, and turn it down to about 160C or 320F degrees.
- 8Take it out after about 15 - 25 minutes, depending on your oven. Use your own judgment to tell when the pizza is ready. The cheese should be a golden brown, but it should not be burnt.
Oven Method (fast)
- 1Preheat your oven to about 180c or 350F. (C=Celsius F=Fahrenheit.)
- 2Sprinkle the yeast into a medium bowl containing 1 1/4 cup warm water and stir until yeast dissolves.
- 3Add 2 cups sifted flour and stir until blended.
- 4Add another 1 1/2 to 2 cups flour and blend until too stiff to stir with a spoon.
- 5Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it for 10 to 15 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic. (See "How to Knead Dough" in the "Related wikiHows".)
- 6Place the dough in another bowl greased with a small amount of oil. Turn the dough once so that the top is oiled.
- 7Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in a warm place for about 45 minutes--until the dough rises to about double its original size.
- 8Dump the dough back onto the floured surface and punch it down, getting rid of any bubbles. Divide the dough in half and let it rest a few minutes.
- 9Roll each half into a 12-inch circle, depending on your personal preference for how thick pizza crust should be. (It will puff slightly when baked.)
- 10Transfer the dough to an oiled pizza pan or baking sheet, or, if you have a baking stone, to a cornmeal-sprinkled wooden pizza peel for transfer directly to the stone.
- 11Add sauce, cheese and toppings as desired. If you like, brush exposed edges of the crust with olive oil.
- 12Bake each pizza for 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is nicely browned and cheese is melted.
Grill Method (Faster)
- 1Spread the sauce all over the tortilla but you might want to leave a little crust around the edge.
- 2Put on your toppings and arrange.
- 3Grate the cheese over the pizza.
- 4Simply put it under the grill. Be careful not to get burned and your pizza could sizzle and pop because of the common bubbles in the pizza crust.
- 5Take it out after three minutes, it should be done!
Wood-fired oven method (Even faster)
- 1Get your pizza base, it can be any sort, although don't make it more than 2 cms (3/4 inch) thick when cooked.
- 2Place your tomato base and toppings on.
- 3Make sure your Wood-fired oven is very hot for the best pizza ever and to help the pizza cook faster.
- 4Put your pizza into the oven, preferably on a tray so the base does not burn.
- 5Turn your pizza every 30 seconds for two minutes, and at the 1:30 mark take it off the tray. Now your pizza should be done.
- 6Take your pizza out, slice and enjoy!
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