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See that motherfucker??? THATS A PIZZA! Never heard of it? Then go google what a Pizza is.
There are many types of pizza's: Dominos Pizza, Italian, Hawaii Pizza, Pepperoni. Dear god its like a brigade of pizza's
Now i know we are all broke bastards. But now all you need is Dough, Sauce, Cheese and time!
[b]LETS GET COOKING FACEPUNCH![/b]
[release]INGREDIENTS
Pizza Dough: Makes enough dough for two 10-12 inch pizzas
1 1/2 cups warm water (105°F-115°F)
1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast (check the expiration date on the package)
3 1/2 cups bread flour (can use all-purpose but bread flour will give you a crisper crust)
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
Pizza Ingredients
Olive oil
Cornmeal (to slide the pizza onto the pizza stone)
Tomato sauce
Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese, shredded
Feta cheese
Mushrooms, thinly sliced
Bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, thinly sliced
Italian sausage, cooked ahead
Chopped fresh basil
Pesto
Pepperoni, thinly sliced
Onions, thinly sliced
Sliced ham
Special equipment needed
A pizza stone, highly recommended if you want your pizza dough to be crusty
A pizza peel or a flat baking sheet
A pizza wheel for cutting the pizza, not required, but easier to deal with than a knife
METHOD
[b]Making the Pizza Dough[/b]
1 In the large bowl of a heavy duty electric mixer (such as a Kitchen Aid), add the warm water. Sprinkle on the yeast and let sit for 5 minutes until the yeast is dissolved. Stir to dissolve completely if needed at the end of 5 minutes.
2 Attach a mixing paddle to the mixer. Mix in the olive oil, flour, salt and sugar on low speed for about a minute. Remove the mixing paddle and replace with a dough hook. Knead using the mixer and dough hook, on low to medium speed, until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. If you don't have a mixer, you can mix and knead by hand. If the dough seems a little too wet, sprinkle on a bit more flour.
3 Place ball of dough in a bowl that has been coated lightly with olive oil. Turn the dough around in the bowl so that it gets coated with the oil. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit in a warm place (75-85°F) until it doubles in size, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours (or several hours longer, a longer rise will improve the flavor). If you don't have a warm spot in the house you can heat the oven to 150 degrees, and then turn off the oven. Let the oven cool till it is just a little warm, then place the bowl of dough in this warmed oven to rise.
At this point, if you want to make ahead, you can freeze the dough in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Preparing the Pizzas
1 Place a pizza stone on a rack in the lower third of your oven. Preheat the oven to 450°F for at least 30 minutes, preferably an hour.
2 Remove the plastic cover from the dough and punch the dough down so it deflates a bit. Divide the dough in half. Form two round balls of dough. Place each in its own bowl, cover with plastic and let sit for 10 minutes.
3 Prepare your desired toppings. Note that you are not going to want to load up each pizza with a lot of toppings as the crust will end up not crisp that way. About a third a cup each of tomato sauce and cheese would be sufficient for one pizza. One to two mushrooms thinly sliced will cover a pizza.
4 Working one ball of dough at a time, take one ball of dough and flatten it with your hands on a slightly floured work surface. Starting at the center and working outwards, use your fingertips to press the dough to 1/2-inch thick. Turn and stretch the dough until it will not stretch further. Let the dough relax 5 minutes and then continue to stretch it until it reaches the desired diameter - 10 to 12 inches. Use your palm to flatten the edge of the dough where it is thicker. You can pinch the very edges if you want to form a lip.
5 Brush the top of the dough with olive oil (to prevent it from getting soggy from the toppings). Use your finger tips to press down and make dents along the surface of the dough to prevent bubbling. Let rest another 5 minutes.
Repeat with the second ball of dough.
6 Lightly sprinkle your pizza peel (or flat baking sheet) with corn meal. Transfer one prepared flattened dough to the pizza peel. If the dough has lost its shape in the transfer, lightly shape it to the desired dimensions.
7 Spoon on the tomato sauce, sprinkle with cheese, and place your desired toppings on the pizza.
8 Sprinkle some cornmeal on the baking stone in the oven (watch your hands, the oven is hot!). Gently shake the peel to see if the dough will easily slide, if not, gently lift up the edges of the pizza and add a bit more cornmeal. Slide the pizza off of the peel and on to the baking stone in the oven. Bake pizza one at a time until the crust is browned and the cheese is golden, about 10-15 minutes. If you want, toward the end of the cooking time you can sprinkle on a little more cheese.[/release]
Now taste that bitch. Stuff it right in your mouth you dirty boy. Is it good? They dont leave scraps boy! Sucks? Well not everyone is a Italian chef.
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No, this is a pizza!
My regular pizza is a motherfucking Chicken Tikka Masala pizza.
I just made pizza with a toaster and bread.
You know when you finish a loaf of bread but you have the ends of the loaf? Make a pizza with them!
I literally put cheese on the bread in small slices, then take a tomato, cut it in half, squeeze all the insides out onto the bread, fold it in half, compress it so it fits in one toaster part and all the shit doesn't make your toaster explode.
Then check on it every 5 seconds, my toaster started steaming, one second it was fine and the next it was fucked.
It is done when the buttom of it is how you like toast.
Make your own dough! It's just flour, yeast, water and olive oil. Also, they aren't always circular. The best pizzas are usually some oblong shape.
Making dough is a bitch, I bought a ball of dough from a store and made my own and made two pizzas out of them, I couldn't tell the difference between them.
[QUOTE=noiprocS;28291547]Making dough is a bitch, I bought a ball of dough from a store and made my own and made two pizzas out of them, I couldn't tell the difference between them.[/QUOTE]
No it's not, it's really easy. I don't even measure stuff, but I admit having a stand mixer really helps.
My local pizza place offers a pizza with chips (fries to you americans) as a topping. They called it a "London Pizza" to make it sound more exotic.
We went to some pizza buffet restaurant in Finland and one of the pizzas had pancakes instead of cheese and was topped with marshmallows.
Whenever I make pizza I top it with a Ricotta Cheese/Red Sauce mixture, mozzarella cheese, grilled chicken, pepperoni, bacon, black olives, sautéed onions, and pineapple.
The simpler the pizza the better, in my opinion. Fresh mozzarella, tomato, olive oil, basil for toppings. That's about it.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28294723]My local pizza place offers a pizza with chips (fries to you americans) as a topping. They called it a "London Pizza" to make it sound more exotic.[/QUOTE]
does everyone seriously call fries chips over there? THEN WHAT DO YOU CALL CHIPS!?
crisps.
[editline]26th February 2011[/editline]
don't make me pull the 'English language came from England' card.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28294723]My local pizza place offers a pizza with chips (fries to you americans) as a topping. They called it a "London Pizza" to make it sound more exotic.[/QUOTE]
Same here, except it's more exotic than just the town's name; it's (the) Sweden pizza!
[QUOTE=Autumn;28303773]crisps.
[editline]26th February 2011[/editline]
don't make me pull the 'English language came from England' card.[/QUOTE]
You put potato chips on pizza?
[QUOTE=Autumn;28303773]crisps.
[editline]26th February 2011[/editline]
don't make me pull the 'English language came from England' card.[/QUOTE]
you just did, you dick :(
I'm quite a fan of making pizzas, here's one of my first sourdough w/ pizza stone in oven results:
[img]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2639/mypizza.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=DaveP;28317529]I'm quite a fan of making pizzas, here's one of my first sourdough w/ pizza stone in oven results:
[img_thumb]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2639/mypizza.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Looks nice, minus the scorched parts. I'd eat it.
[QUOTE=DaveP;28317529]I'm quite a fan of making pizzas, here's one of my first sourdough w/ pizza stone in oven results:
[img_thumb]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2639/mypizza.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Made me feel a bit sick. That tomato sauce doesnt look right.
Hell I'd even eat the burnt sides.
Goddamn it my automerge you female dog.
[QUOTE=Murkat;28317554]Looks nice, minus the scorched parts. I'd eat it.[/QUOTE]
It's just surface blistering, doesn't taste burnt and on the inside you get a really soft puffy crust
Basically the key is to turn on the oven and grill to as high as they go and then wait until it's so hot there's distorty heat waves when you open the door
[QUOTE=Bytecry;28317562]Made me feel a bit sick. That tomato sauce doesnt look right.[/QUOTE]
Fry garlic and oregano, add chopped tomatoes and wait; of course the camera distorts things a bit (tad oversaturated)
The oven's so hot that the cheese melts before the tomato sauce has time to 'set', giving you a really delicious mixed layers feel to the cheese and tomato
[QUOTE=DaveP;28317598]It's just surface blistering, doesn't taste burnt and on the inside you get a really soft puffy crust
Basically the key is to turn on the oven and grill to as high as they go and then wait until it's so hot there's distorty heat waves when you open the door
Fry garlic and oregano, add chopped tomatoes and wait; of course the camera distorts things a bit (tad oversaturated)
The oven's so hot that the cheese melts before the tomato sauce has time to 'set', giving you a really delicious mixed layers feel to the cheese and tomato[/QUOTE]
Sounds nice.
[QUOTE=DaveP;28317529]I'm quite a fan of making pizzas, here's one of my first sourdough w/ pizza stone in oven results:
[img_thumb]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2639/mypizza.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Beautiful!
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Murkat;28317554]Looks nice, minus the scorched parts. I'd eat it.[/QUOTE]
Thats how REAL pizzas look.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=DaveP;28317598]It's just surface blistering, doesn't taste burnt and on the inside you get a really soft puffy crust
Basically the key is to turn on the oven and grill to as high as they go and then wait until it's so hot there's distorty heat waves when you open the door
Fry garlic and oregano, add chopped tomatoes and wait; of course the camera distorts things a bit (tad oversaturated)
The oven's so hot that the cheese melts before the tomato sauce has time to 'set', giving you a really delicious mixed layers feel to the cheese and tomato[/QUOTE]
This guy knows what he's talking about! I need to get a pizza stone Did you make the dough yourself?
Yup, natural yeasts from a sourdough culture I've been keeping for 6 weeks, simplest recipe you can get (it's essentially just flour, water and a bit of salt on the whole)
Sausages on pizza is like the best thing ever.
We make our pizza's with our own sweet pasta sauce, and our crust rises to be over an inch thick. It is some of the best pizza you can find.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=SaWAH;28325867]Sausages on pizza is like the best thing ever.[/QUOTE]
No, just cheese.
[QUOTE=DaveP;28323840]Yup, natural yeasts from a sourdough culture I've been keeping for 6 weeks, simplest recipe you can get (it's essentially just flour, water and a bit of salt on the whole)[/QUOTE]
nice. You don't use olive oil?
My actual job is making pizzas, and this is an awesome recipe.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;28328192]nice. You don't use olive oil?[/QUOTE]
Nope! I use the same dough to make bread so I just keep it simple
I just ordered some pizza. I owe the owner $5.25 because I had less money on me than I thought. He's gonna let me pay him back next time because I'm a regular customer.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
Also, whenever I want to make a pizza myself, I never have the ingredients.
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