Basic Cheese Pizza
Total Time: 1 hr 13 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 13 mins
Ingredients
- 1/4 ounce dry yeast
- 1 cup water, lukewarm
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese
Recipe
- 1 dough:.
- 2 in a glass or plastic bowl, combine yeast, water, and sugar (the water can just be water from the tap, make sure it's below 100°f).
- 3 stir to dissolve the yeast and let the yeast "bloom" for 15 minutes.
- 4 stir in 1 cup flour, add salt, and then stir in another cup of flour (the remaining cup of flour will be your "bench" flour and added flour).
- 5 dump mixture onto kneading board and work in last cup of flour, kneading until dough is soft and elastic, but not sticky. form dough into a ball.
- 6 in another bowl, pour in the 1 tbsp olive oil and spread around.
- 7 coat ball of dough with oil and cover bowl with a damp towel and let dough rise for 40 minutes.
- 8 punch down dough and knead on board about 2 minutes. dough is now ready to spread in the pan.
- 9 to avoid sticking of crust, lightly spray pizza pan with olive oil or vegetable oil spray and then work dough to pan (or use free form pan) - this dough is enough for 1 14-in pizza with a thin bottom crust and enough dough around the edge to munch.
- 10 sauce:.
- 11 combine pureed tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic, and basil.
- 12 spread onto prepared pizza dough.
- 13 top with sliced mozzarella cheese and bake at 500°f for 11-13 minutes.
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