Tonight’s menu…homemade pizza! I love the variety of ingredients that can be used to make fresh pizza. Everything from pineapple to pepperoni…veggies, and my favorite cheese! Pizza can bring something to the table for every appetite.
Pizza’s creation dates back to ancient times when Neolithic people would add vegetables to flat bread to make them more palatable and the recipe grew developed and changed from era to era ever since!
Modern day pizza is thought to have originated in Italy when the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, and the Neapolitan pizzamaker Raffaele Esposito created the “Pizza Margherita“.
This dish consisted of a crust topped with basil mozzarella and tomato. The colors of Italy.
Enough history for tonight…here is a great recipe for pizza crust that doesn’t take long periods of rising and kneading to make a fabulously tasty crust. I add premade pizza sauce and the veggies and cheeses that we enjoy the most!
Start with:
1 pkg dry active yeast
1 tsp. Granulated sugar
1c warm water
2.5c bread flour or all purpose flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1tsp salt
Preheat the oven to 450F, in a medium bowl stir together yeast sugar and warm water. Let stand for 10 min. Add flour, oil and salt. Beat until smooth and let rest for 5 min.
Turn over onto a floured surface and roll it out into the desired shape. Transfer to a lightly greased pizza pan add toppings and bake 15-20minutes until golden brown. Enjoy!
