Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Homemade Pizza (from scratch)


Ingredients:                                              


For Dough:
2 Cup All purpose flour OR Maida
1 tsp Active dry yeast
1 tsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt


For Sauce:
2 ripe tomatos or store bought puree
1 Red bell pepper or capsicum
1 tsp Mixed Herbs like origano, basil.
1/4 tsp Garlic powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp butter (optional)
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste


For Topings:


Any chopped vegetable like tomatoes, onion, olives bell pepper (your choice)
Mozzerella cheese or pizza cheese or combination of Mozzerella and permasen
Crushed red chilly to garnish.


Method:
Soak yeast, sugar and salt into a cup of water leave for 10min.
Add to flour and mix it properly, keep the dough aside for an hour or two, or until it rises to double the size


Finely chop the tomatoes and bell pepper.
In a pan put olive oil, tomato and bell pepper mixture and add all other ingredients.
Boil for few min until all ingredients incorporate well.


Take lump of fermented dough press it on baking pizza pan by adding little olive oil as desired shape and thickness.
Bake the flattened dough for few min in 230'C until half cooked or slightly brownish.
Take out from oven. Spread sauce and other toppings with cheese.
Bake until cheese gets melted.
Garnish with black pepper, crushed chilly.

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