Italian Pizza      


Italian Pizza

Cooking Recipes For The Best Italian Pizza

When pizza is mentioned, you probably be thinking of only one country where this food is famous - Italy. Italian pizzas are the best in the world and are considered the most tasty and delicious of all pizzas made. What makes these pizzas so popular and sought after is due to its ingredients that reflect true Italian food culture.

You may want to try your palate with one of those pizzas from Italy and tell for yourselves how they taste like. Below are some instructions for pizzas made with Italian recipes:

How to Make the Dough for the Pizza

Ingredients:

Water, egg, flour, salt, sugar, yeast, olive oil

Step 1

Prepare warm water in a bowl. Add sugar, yeast and eggs then let it rest for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Mix it with salt, flour and water.

Step 3

Knead the dough using your clean hands.

Step 4

Continue to knead until the texture of the dough becomes smooth. After that, try to make a dough balls at around 5” in diameter.

Step 5

Coat the dough balls with olive oil and place it in a large bowl. Cover it and let it rest for one hour.

Step 6

Shape the dough like a circle. Any size will do. Just make sure it can be fitted to your oven.



How to Add Toppings to the Pizza

After the dough has been shaped like a pie, the next thing to do is to assemble or to add the toppings that you have selected.

Lightly place olive oil in the dough. Do not use too much olive oil and only drizzle the surface. The oil will allow the added toppings to be cooked on top of the dough.

Then add the sauce, usually tomato sauce. If you want white pizza, do not place tomato sauce and instead use dairy products such as sour cream.

Add your selected toppings. You may use a variety of toppings that may include cheese, mozzarella, garlic, mushroom, bacon, ham, hot dogs, olives, vegetables, pepper, basil leaves, oregano, pineapple and anchovies. Also, add salt to make it even tastier. Cheese should be on top.

How to Cook Pizza

Cooking pizza depends on the oven and the heat you will use. If you will use pizza and baking stone, pre heat the stone for 500 degrees and cook it for an hour. If you will not use pizza and baking stones, cook at least 45 minutes.

For oven use, cook it for 8-15 minutes. Do not overcook it. Use pizza pan or cookie sheet.

How to Make Italian Pizza Sauce

There are so many pizza sauces to choose from. This recipe sauce is the basic pizza sauce. Here is how it is done:

Ingredients:

16 ounces tomato sauce
1 teaspoon Oregano
½-teaspoon basil leaves
½-teaspoon garlic powder

Mix all the ingredients, spread it to the dough, and then place all your toppings.



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