I prepare the dough in the morning and let it rise many times to get
a soft and crunchy pizza.
As i make pizza every week, i don't want it to become boring, so i
make it always interesting and inviting preparing different toppings.
Onions, peppers, zucchini, eggplants, mozzarella and salami, white
with mozzarella and prosciutto, feta, sundried tomatos and artichokes
and many more!
When the pizza is in the hot oven and the smell start rising we prepare
our coffee table in the TV room and get ready for a nice movie....
...it's a "must" to eat pizza casually, with your hands in front of TV
sipping coke, chinotto or beer.
Pizza dough for four pizza's trays:
1 Kg of flour, preferably 00 or bread flour
2/3 cups of lukewarm water
1 tsp of yeast (or 1 packet)
1/2 tsp sugar
3 tsp salt
2 TBS olive oil
Pour the flour with salt in a big bowl, make a hole in the middle.
Melt the yeast in one cup of water with sugar.
Add the yeast in the hole and start mixing it with some flour.
Add oil and more water, keep mixing the flour and the water
to obtain an homogeneus dough.
When the dough it's not sticky anymore but it is smooth and soft you
cover it with a cloth and let it rise for 1 hour.
let it rest for another hour.
If you are only using the dough much later you cover it with cling paper store it
in the fridge. Take it out at least 1 hour before you need it.
When you are ready to prepare the pizza, transfer the dough on a wooden surface
and knead it again. Let it rest covered for 30 minutes.
Then knead it again and divide it in 4 parts. Knead each piece, form 4 balls,
cover and let them rest for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile warm up the oven to 450 degrees farenheit or 250 celtius.
When you are ready to bake the pizza, oil a pizza tray and put the ball in it flatten
the dough with your hands till it will be very thin.
Top it with tomatos sauce, olive oil and oregano and bake.
Of course You can use all different kind of toppings!
Next cooking class will be about making PIZZA!
Ahhhhhh. Quanto mi manchi Carme!!!!! ;)
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