Normally Friday nights is Pizza night at my house. However when I have guests over I find that pizza can be a great pleasing appetizer when made very thin and cut up into small pieces.
Basic Pizza Dough Recipe
(2 thin pizzas or 1 thick pizza)
4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons traditional active yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspon salt
Warm water (as needed)
Pizza Sauce
Bacon or Pancetta (optional) cut up or Pepperoni
Grated Asiago Cheese (I love adding Asiago Cheese on just about any pizza I make)
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Grated Mozzarella Cheese
Orange Pepper cut up into cubes
Salt
Black Pepper
Rosemary spice
Oregano
Directions:
In a small bowl, place 1 cup warm water and stir in 1 teaspoon of sugar. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of the yeast, cover and let stand for 10 minutes until yeast is dissolved and throthy.
In blender mixing bowl, add flour, stir in 1 teaspoon of salt and make a small well. Add the yeast mixture, 1/4 cup olive oil and place in mixing stand with hook attachment for kneading. At low dial, stir the mixture and add about 1/4 cup of warm water, a bit at a time until you reach the right consistency. Not too hard and not too soft. Knead for about 5 minutes. Grease a big bowl with olive oil and place dough in greased bowl and turn dough upside down so that both sides are greased. Cover with saran wrap and place tea towels on top and let rest for about 1 hour. After the dough has risen, divide into 2 for 2 thin pizzas or just make 1 large round pizza.
Preheat oven at 400F (place rack second from bottom)
If preparing the tomato pizza, spread 1/2 of the risen dough on rectangular pizza pan greased with shortening. Dip your fingers in the olive oil to help you spread out the pizza dough. Add the pizza sauce (I love using the pizza sauce purchased at your local grocery store). Sprinkle the asiago, parmesan and mozzarella cheese and then place your toppings, ie., cut up bacon or pancetta, pineapple, cut up peppers, etc. Place in oven for about 40 minutes or until crispy. Pizza will be thin. Cut into miniature strips for appetizers. Note: If you would like the wood oven style pizza, then spread the entire risen dough onto a round greased pizza pan with holes and follow the recipe in this paragraph and place in oven at temperature of 500F for about 15 minutes.
If preparing white pizza, spread out the remaining dough on rectangular pizza pan greased with shortening. Sprinkle salt to taste, black pepper, oregano, rosemary, grated asiago cheese, grated parmesan cheese and bake in oven for about 35 to 40 minutes or until crispy. Cut into small pieces. The white pizza is great served with Goat Cheese and roasted red pepper or green pepper jams on top.
Basic Pizza Dough Recipe
(2 thin pizzas or 1 thick pizza)
4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons traditional active yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspon salt
Warm water (as needed)
Pizza Sauce
Bacon or Pancetta (optional) cut up or Pepperoni
Grated Asiago Cheese (I love adding Asiago Cheese on just about any pizza I make)
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Grated Mozzarella Cheese
Orange Pepper cut up into cubes
Salt
Black Pepper
Rosemary spice
Oregano
Directions:
In a small bowl, place 1 cup warm water and stir in 1 teaspoon of sugar. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of the yeast, cover and let stand for 10 minutes until yeast is dissolved and throthy.
In blender mixing bowl, add flour, stir in 1 teaspoon of salt and make a small well. Add the yeast mixture, 1/4 cup olive oil and place in mixing stand with hook attachment for kneading. At low dial, stir the mixture and add about 1/4 cup of warm water, a bit at a time until you reach the right consistency. Not too hard and not too soft. Knead for about 5 minutes. Grease a big bowl with olive oil and place dough in greased bowl and turn dough upside down so that both sides are greased. Cover with saran wrap and place tea towels on top and let rest for about 1 hour. After the dough has risen, divide into 2 for 2 thin pizzas or just make 1 large round pizza.
Preheat oven at 400F (place rack second from bottom)
If preparing the tomato pizza, spread 1/2 of the risen dough on rectangular pizza pan greased with shortening. Dip your fingers in the olive oil to help you spread out the pizza dough. Add the pizza sauce (I love using the pizza sauce purchased at your local grocery store). Sprinkle the asiago, parmesan and mozzarella cheese and then place your toppings, ie., cut up bacon or pancetta, pineapple, cut up peppers, etc. Place in oven for about 40 minutes or until crispy. Pizza will be thin. Cut into miniature strips for appetizers. Note: If you would like the wood oven style pizza, then spread the entire risen dough onto a round greased pizza pan with holes and follow the recipe in this paragraph and place in oven at temperature of 500F for about 15 minutes.
If preparing white pizza, spread out the remaining dough on rectangular pizza pan greased with shortening. Sprinkle salt to taste, black pepper, oregano, rosemary, grated asiago cheese, grated parmesan cheese and bake in oven for about 35 to 40 minutes or until crispy. Cut into small pieces. The white pizza is great served with Goat Cheese and roasted red pepper or green pepper jams on top.
No comments:
Post a Comment