Traditional Homemade Pizza Recipe

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TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RECIPE: This is the traditional homemade pizza made by all moms and grandmothers in Italy. This recipe includes pizza dough crust, topping and pizza sauce to make the perfect pizza at home.

For the flour you can easily use bread flour (which is high in gluten and will make the pizza crispier), all-purpose flour or the one sold in italy type 00/zero-zero.

Making homemade pizza might seem like a lot of work but it really take so little.

 

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Skill Level:	Time: 3 Hours
Price:	Serves: 3 People

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Ingredients:

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Directions:

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01 - Put the Hot Water in a large bowl.

02 - Add the Sugar and the Yeast, and stir gently and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the Yeast activates by turning into a foam on top of the water.

03 - Now, add the Salt.

04 - Gradually add in the Flour as you stir the mixture simultaneously. You know you have added enough Flour when the mixture becomes too thick to stir.

05 - Knead the dough.

06 - Take the Dough out of the bowl and put it on a clean and well-floured surface ( a marble counter or clean table is best ).

07 - Gather the Dough into a pile and begin pressing it together. Press the heels of your hands firmly into the Dough, pushing forward slightly.

08 - Fold the far edge of the Dough upwards, towards you, and press it into the middle of the ball. Rotate it slightly, too. Repeat this press-fold-turn sequence for the duration of the kneading process.

09 - Put the Dough back in the bowl and let the Dough rise up for 2 hours at room temperature (inside a switched off oven to retain its humidity or 5 hours in the refrigerator).



While you wait for the Dough, make the Tomato Sauce:

10 - In a pot, combine all the ingredients and cook for 5-10 minutes.

 

 

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11 - Preheat the oven to 240C / 460F

12 - Place the Dough on a floured (or oiled) oven dish (50x30cm / 19x11in or smaller) and mold the Dough to cover the dish.

13 - Spread over the Tomato Sauce and bake for about 15 minutes or until the pizza is cooked.

14 - Top with Parmisan Cheese cheese and then scatter over the Mozzarella. Pour a bit of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and bake again for 3 minutes or until the Mozzarella has melted.

15 - Cut in 6 parts (3 for each person) and serve hot.

 

 

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Notes:

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- Take some Yeast off if you decide to leave it resting in the fridge for 14-18 hours. The Dough can raise within 2 hours in the oven.

 

- Don't knead the Dough too long. The texture changes fast. Every minutes counts.

 

 

 

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