Homemade Pizza

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I love pizza, in fact I could live by eating pizza everyday! Pizza is a very versatile meal and you can add practically anything from vegetables to meats, fish and seafood. It is an easy weekday meal that can be prepared with anything available at home. It is also a company friendly meal. Whenever we have friends at home to see a game or a movie, pizza is the number one choice. Beers are the second lol! I am sure you all have your go to pizza recipes and I am also sure you all have a homemade pizza dough you use to make this Italian dish. This is my version and the dough I usually use to make it. The combinations are endless and the choices of ingredients are equally numerous. This is only a suggestion and a dough that I use all the time. It makes a thin crispy bed on which I add whatever my family asks me to. So, let’s go and make it!

Homemade Pizza

Ingredients

For the Dough

150 ml / 5 fl. oz. water
2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
280 gr. / 9 oz. flour for bread
1,5 tsp dry yeast

For the Tomato Sauce (adapted from here)
1 can of tomato puree
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp oregano
1/8 tsp basil
1/8 tsp thyme
1/8 tsp garlic powder

For the Filling
5 tbsp of the tomato sauce (recipe above)
3 slices of ham
3 slices of bacon

3 slices of pepperoni
1 150gr. / 5 oz. can of mushrooms
1 green pepper
2 handfuls of shredded cheese, either edam or gouda or emmental or any yellow cheese that melts easily
1/2 handful of parmigiano reggiano

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Instructions
For the Dough
If you have a bread machine you put all the ingredients in at the dough program and let it do all the work for you.

If you do not have the machine then you will have to do it the old fashion way.

You put all the dry ingredients together and then add the water and oil and knead until you make a ball that does not stick to your hands.

At the end of both ways, you work with the dough, form it in a rectangular or circular disk and put it in a round or rectangular tray.

How thick the dough will be, depends on how thick you want the crust.

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For the Tomato Sauce
You combine everything in a saucepan, bring to boil and then simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.

This makes one cup.

You will only need about 5 tbsp for this pizza or to your liking.

The rest you can put it in the freezer and use it in the future.

Now the last stage

Putting everything together.

Preheat the oven at 200° C / 400 ° F.

Oil a pan and place the dough, add the tomato sauce, above it the ham, pepperoni and bacon cut in small stripes followed by the cheeses and finally the pepper.

You place it in the oven and bake it for approximately 20 minutes depending on the oven.

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Homemade Pizza
 
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Ingredients/ Συστατικά
For the Dough
  • 150 ml / 5 fl. oz. water
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 280 gr. / 9 oz. flour for bread
  • 1,5 tsp dry yeast
For the Tomato Sauce
  • 1 can of tomato puree
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • ¼ tsp lemon juice
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp oregano
  • ⅛ tsp basil
  • ⅛ tsp thyme
  • ⅛ tsp garlic powder
For the Filling
  • 5 tbsp of the tomato sauce (recipe above)
  • 3 slices of ham
  • 3 slices of bacon
  • 3 slices of pepperoni
  • 1 150gr. / 5 oz. can of mushrooms
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 handfuls of shredded cheese, either edam or gouda or emmental or any yellow cheese that melts easily
  • ½ handful of parmigiano reggiano
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
For the Dough
  1. If you have a bread machine you put all the ingredients in at the dough program and let it do all the work for you.
  2. If you do not have the machine then you will have to do it the old fashion way.
  3. You put all the dry ingredients together and then add the water and oil and knead until you make a ball that does not stick to your hands.
  4. At the end of both ways, you work with the dough, form it in a rectangular or circular disk and put it in a round or rectangular tray.
  5. How thick the dough will be, depends on how thick you want the crust.
For the Tomato Sauce
  1. You combine everything in a saucepan, bring to boil and then simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
  2. This makes one cup.
  3. You will only need about 5 tbsp for this pizza or to your liking.
  4. The rest you can put it in the freezer and use it in the future.
Now the last stage
  1. Putting everything together.
  2. Preheat the oven at 200° C / 400 ° F.
  3. Oil a pan and place the dough, add the tomato sauce, above it the ham, pepperoni and bacon cut in small stripes followed by the cheeses and finally the pepper.
  4. You place it in the oven and bake it for approximately 20 minutes depending on the oven.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Recipe for the tomato sauce adapted from Top Secret Recipes