Creativity never ends with pizza! Here is a ridiculously mix & go recipe.
No kneading or waiting around and it tastes scrumptious!
Ingredients:
1 package (1/4 oz) active dry yeast
2 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
In a large bowl, combine molasses and yeast with 1 1/3 cups lukewarm water. Hot kills the yeast.
Stir. Set aside until totally bubbly, about 5 minutes.
Add oil to the yeast mix and stir.
In a separate large bowl, mix flours together.
Add yeast mixture to flour and stir with a wooden spoon until dough forms. I love using a flat wooden one. You can use the dough right away but if you let it set a bit, 30 mins. + it'll rise a nice amount.
Grab a handful of dough & roll into ball.
Roll out on a floured surface. This crust works well both as a thin or thick crust.
Pre-bake for a few minutes on a pre-heated baking stone at 450* F. Or on a non-heated cookie sheet.
I prefer using a pizza peel to transfer my pizza to and from the oven.
Add toppings and finish baking. Your kitchen will smell like a proper Italian Pizzeria!!!
Terribly simple Pizza Sauce:
1 can organic tomato sauce
Dried spices: Oregano, Basil, Fennel, Garlic powder, smidge of black pepper & sea salt. Extra virgin olive oil is a nice addition.
Unbelievable Portobello, Red Pepper & Feta w/ Vinaigrette!
Sliced portobellos, red peppers, red onion & crumbled feta or goat cheese.
Bake up until golden & drizzle with vinaigrette fresh outta the oven.
Vinaigrette:
1/4 c. Extra Virgin olive Oil
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
2 garlic cloves - minced
Lots of chopped fresh Thyme
Ground pepper
Toss chopped mushrooms, 1 tbsp. fresh chopped rosemary, handful chopped fresh parsley, couple cloves minced garlic & pepper.
Toss arugula with some olive oil & red wine or white wine vinegar.
Grate mozzarella onto the crust along with some feta, top with the mushroom mix & bake 350*.
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A little pizza love! |
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BBQ Chicken Pizza
Pre-bake crust for a couple minutes to firm up but still soft. Add a layer of your fave BBQ sauce, we love a Chipotle spiced up one. Shredded roast chicken works awesome for this. I bake a chicken, shred it up & pop it into a few containers for other meals.
Top it off with chopped red onion, black olives, pepper jack, mozzarella & anything else your heart desires.
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Garlic Butter Breadsticks |
Minced garlic in melted butter. Pour and spread around. Bake. Yum!
Chopped Zucchini, Red peeper, red onion, black olives, mushrooms, ground Italian sausage, mozzarella, pepper jack, chile flakes.
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Italian sausage, Red onion, Black olive. |
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Taco pizza w/ homemade taco sauce
Taco sauce. Shredded chicken or not. Mozzarella. Pepper jack. Black olives.
Tomato slices. Red pepper. Jalapenos. Tortilla chips. Cheese. Anything that goes into a taco!
Bake & top with sliced lettuce, sour cream & a bit more taco sauce.
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Ginormous calzone!
Roll out a pizza crust, I like a thin one for this. Generously load up one side, pile it up. Fold over itself & bring the under edge up and over the top edge, pinching together as you go to create a seal.
Drizzle with olive oil. Bake it up til' golden. |
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Wee wittle puffy pizza ;) |
Spinach, mushroom, basic tomato sauce, mozzarella.
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School lunch calzones! |
Basic tomato sauce, chopped red onion, black olives, feta, mozzarella, chile flakes.