CHEESE PIZZA
by bibjers
This recipe makes enough sauce and dough for two pizzas.You can refrigerate the remainder for up to 5 days or make another pizza topped with your own ingredients. For optimal flavor, be sure to snap your fingers and yell "That's it!" when you come up with your second pizza recipe.
Active cooking time: 35 mins. Total cooking time: 1 hr 15 mins. Serves 2-4
Dough Ingredients
¼ oz active dry yeast (8g)
1 tbsp sugar (12g)
1½ cups warm water (360mL)
1 tbsp olive oil (15mL)
½ tsp salt (1.5g)
2 cups all-purpose flour (250g)
½ cup flour for dusting (60g)
Sauce Ingredients
28 oz can of diced tomatoes (800mL)
½ tsp salt (1.5g)
½ tsp black pepper (1.5g)
½ tsp Italian seasoning (1.5g)
1 clove garlic
Toppings
8 oz fresh mozzarella (225g)
8-12 leaves fresh basil
Preheat oven to 500°F (260°C).
In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast, sugar, and warm water. Stir and set aside for 5 minutes.
Add olive oil, salt, and 2 cups (250g) flour to the mixing bowl. Mix with a spoon until dough forms.
Dust a flat surface with flour. Turn the dough onto your dusted surface and knead for 5 minutes. If the dough is too wet, dust with flour as needed.
Place dough back into mixing bowl. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and set aside for 1 hour.
To make tomato sauce, in a medium saucepan, add tomatoes, salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning. Dice garlic and stir into sauce.
Simmer sauce over medium heat, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Adjust seasoning as needed.
While sauce is cooking, cut six slices of mozzarella, about ¼ inch (6.5mm) thick. Wash basil leaves.
Remove dough from mixing bowl and cut in half. Wrap half of the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate, or set aside to make a second pizza.
Place parchment paper on a round pizza sheet or baking tray. Place dough on parchment paper. Using your fingers, gently stretch dough into a round. If the dough springs back on itself, let it rest for another 10 minutes and try again. Use a fork to pierce the dough in several places.
Spread ½ cup (120mL) tomato sauce over dough and refrigerate remaining sauce. Evenly distribute mozzarella slices on top of sauce.
Bake pizza in preheated oven for 13 minutes. Check, and bake an extra few minutes if needed.The cheese should be melted and the crust golden brown.
Remove pizza from oven and top with fresh basil leaves.
Creator: bibjers (Reddit)
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/CookingWithIgnis/comments/63dgu9/ cheese_pizza_community_cookbook/