It’s pretty easy to make a good pizza at home if you follow the following simple things:-
1. Partially bake the crust before proceeding with the toppings and sauce.
2. Always bake the pizza at the highest temperature your oven could reach. (My oven goes till 500 degree Fahrenheit)
3. Use good quality olive oil.
Some of our favorite toppings are:
Homemade Pizza Sauce,Pesto Sauce, White Sauce, sun dried tomatoes, Olive oil, fresh mozzarella, Goat cheese , figs, arugula and anchovies.
Pour 3/4 cup warm water into small bowl and dissolve the sugar. Stir in yeast.
Let stand until yeast dissolves, about 5 minutes.
In a large bowl take 2 cup flour , add salt and pour in the yeast mixture and 2 tbsp of olive oil.
Knead it to form a smooth soft dough. (add more dough if too sticky)
Brush the surface of the dough with more olive oil, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in warm area until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. ( Can be made 1 day ahead.)
Punch down the dough and shape the pizza by starting from the center of dough, working outward toward edges making a circular pizza. (Do not use rolling pin)
Par bake the pizza crust at 500 degree Fahrenheit before adding the toppings.
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