Piaaaazzzzaaaaaahhhh!
Do I have to say it? I LOVE cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The ability to experiment, the moment when you see your results before you - steaming hot and fresh from the oven/pot…it’s surreal yet uplifting…
This definitely beats having frozen pizzas for dinner/lunch! XD
Homemade Gooey Pizza
Ingredients
(A) For the dough
240 gms semi-white flour
120 ml warm water
1/2 tbsp olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
Slightly less than 1/2 tsp instant yeast(B) The topping
Onions
Tuna
Fresh mushrooms
Smoked pork belly
Mozzarella cheese
Pesto sauceMethod
- Prepare (A) by following the bread machine’s instructions OR mix all together by hand and knead for 20 minutes before allowing the dough to rise for an hour.
- Finely slice the smoked pork belly into thin strips and do the same with the onions, fresh mushrooms and cheese.
- When the dough is ready, roll out thinly and place on a lightly floured pan or aluminium foil, drizzle olive oil on the top and bake in a preheated oven at 220 C for five minutes.
- Remove the pizza base from the oven and spread the pesto sauce over the dough before topping it with the rest of the ingredients ending with the cheese.
- Drizzle some olive oil over the top and sprinkle some cracked black pepper on the top before baking in the oven at 200 C until the crust turns golden brown.
- Serve as is with beer and/or Tabasco sauce.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I’m wondering do you use pizza stone or just bake in ordinary pan ?
Comment by simonne — May 9, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Simmone: I just bake it on the aluminium foil (it doubles as a pan!) but I’m planning to get a pizza pan.
Comment by Mei — May 9, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
mei,
My pizza is in process i’m using the old recipe (2 tsp yeast) coz i dunno how much is 1/5 tsp of yeast. Overall both recipe is quite similar eg : 220g flour, 125ml water.
Can i know whether you knead the dough in machine or by hand. I knead by hand and find that the dough surface is not smooth. Even the 2nd time i’m doin it now. Perhaps i should try using machine next time?
Tell you what , i my gotto dispose my leftover mozarella cheese ( they got sour and rotten). Nvm pizza without cheese this
Oh ya, i’m goin to try your method, prebake the crust for 5 min, then put toppings and further bake them. Hmm.. perhaps we should hunt for pizza pan.. for the homemade crust! Let me know when you found yours. I want to see
Simonne
Comment by simonne — May 10, 2008 @ 2:23 am
Simmone Y’know what? I could have made an error with the recipe (1/2 teaspoon of yeast instead of 1/5…) - will check on that and change it after this. I use the machine to do everything including proof it. If you need by hand, there is a technique to it (I can’t describe it though) and you have to knead it for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
Is there a pizza dough option on your machine where it just kneads and proofs the dough for you?
(Yeah, my mozzarella died on me as well…)
Comment by Mei — May 10, 2008 @ 2:30 pm