Mmmmmm Pizza
I made a rather delicious 3-Cheese Pizza with Pineapple & Olives.
The crust recipe is courtesy of the great Emeril Lagasse.
The pizza has the following on it:
Mozarella Cheese
Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Pecorino Romano Cheese
Pesto
Bertolli Vidalia Onion Pasta Sauce
Black Olive Slices
Pineapple Mini-Chunks
3C AP Flour
1C Hot Water (110°F)
1Tsp Sugar
1½Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1Tsp Salt
1 Packet Active-Dry Yeast
Combine the Sugar, Yeast, Water together and mix til smooth and allow to sit till foamy (around 5 minutes).
Mix 1½C of the Flour with the Salt and Yeast solution. Mix til smooth with hands. Add remaining flour in ¼C amounts, blending each time till smooth. You want to produce a dough which is still a bit sticky.
Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for around 5 minutes.
Place the 1½Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a big mixing bowl and add the dough and swirl around till the dough surface is completely covered in the oil and then cling wrap the bowl and allow to rest for 1½ – 2 hrs (or til doubled in size).
Knead again on a slightly floured surface til the dough is smooth.
Roll the dough out into shape and allow to rest 10 minutes.
Place the crust onto a 475°F preheated pizza stone and bake for around 6 minutes or until golden.
Remove from oven, cover with your toppings and bake again on the pizza stone at 475°F till the cheese is melted.
mmmm…pizza…although I’d leave the pinapple and olives.
February 27th, 2005 at 5:33 pmI’ve never made my own base before, I normally just buy the pre-made ones (which suck) and then stick on my toppings (wafer thin smoked ham, sweetcorn, button mushrooms), yum.
Right, I’m hungry now, damn you :oP
The base is really easy to make albeit time consuming due to proofing of the dough.
The nice thing about this crust is if you want a more thin crispy crust you can simply skip the 10 minute resting prior to baking.
I haven’t tried sweetcorn, but I will!
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*sends you a piece of pizza*
February 27th, 2005 at 5:54 pmAh, you had me until the pineapple! Pineapple on pizza is anathema!
March 2nd, 2005 at 9:24 am