Pizza on Earth

An easy-to-follow video on how to make pizza dough.

Pizza Italiana

A pizza with a spice tomato base, topped, with veggies and ham.

Steps

1. Prepare/buy a pizza base
2. Apply the spice pizza sauce with a basting brush.
3. Add sliced mushrooms in a circular fashion starting from the outside working inwards with each rotation.
4. Sprinkle thinly-sliced green capsicum
5. Sprinkle coarsely chopped semi-dried tomatoes
6. Sprinkle some coarsely cut champagne ham (optional)
7. Add a few generous shakes of mixed italian herbs [mixture of Marjoram, Basil, Red Bell Peppers, Rosemary, Oregano, Parsely and Thyme].

We found that adding in the herbs, just before the cheese, as opposed to directly on the base, brought out flavours of the spices much more.

8. Add your pizza cheese.
9. Pop in the oven/Pizza oven
10. Enjoy! :)


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Spicy Pizza Sauce

Keeping in line with all the pizza-related posts, here is my "spicy pizza sauce":

Mix the following in a bowl:

1. 4 tablespoons of tomato sauce.
2. 1 tablespoon of chili sauce
3. 1 teaspoon of Leggo's Basil Pesto (or any other Pesto me thinks)
4. 1/2 a teaspoon of olive oil
5. Salt and pepper
6. A sprinkle of paprika (optional)
7. 1/2 a teaspoon crushed garlic (about 1 pod) (optional)
8. Tabasco and/or chili powder (if you want it a little more spicy) (optional)

Mix the above with a spoon and spread over the pizza base with a basting brush. Add toppings! Pop in the oven. Enjoy! :)

Simple Pizza Base Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups bakers flour (other flour can probably be substituted)


• 2 tbs olive oil


• 1 tps salt


• 1 tps castor sugar


• 1 cup warm water


• 1 sachet dried yeast (2 teaspoons)

Preparation

1. Combine flour, yeast, salt, sugar and 1 tbs oil in large bowl (I use a glass bowl, which helps with the proving later).


2. Gradually add in the water, until a good consistency is reached (depending on the ambient temperature you may not need all the water).


3. If dough is too wet (it'll be sticky & glisten), add in more flour while kneading.


4. Sprinkle flour on bench, and knead dough (around 5-10 minutes until the dough is supple).


5. Roll dough into ball, place into bowl.


6. Pour remaining 1 tbs oil over the top of the dough.


7. Cover bowl with cling wrap and leave in a warm spot for 1-2 hours, preferably in the sun. Using a clear glass bowl for this helps, as the sun shines directly on the dough, helping it to rise (prove).


8. Once dough has risen, make a fist and punch out the air.


9. Take out of bowl, cut in half (for two bases). You may freeze one base now in cling film


10. Take one base and roll it into a ball again and allow to rise again for 30 mins in the covered bowl.


11. Sprinkle semolina on bench, and roll each ball out to fit the size of your tray/stone. Base should be about 8 mm thick. Depending on your oven, this may be too thin, so play it by ear.


12. Place bases onto tray/stone, possibly with some flour or smear of oil (or spray) underneath to stop sticking.


13. Add toppings, etc.

Makes 2 large bases.

Simple pizza delight recipe

Ingredients & steps

1. Prepare a pizza base.
2. Add a thin layer of grated mozzarella.
   
3. Combine tomato base with garlic and herb spice and smear generously over pizza base.
4. Add sliced asparagus.
   
5. Add sliced mild Hungarian salami.
6. Add thinly sliced pieces of feta.
7. Add sliced tomato.
8. Sprinkle some fresh sea salt and some grounded black pepper over the tomatoes.
9. Add a final generous layer of mozzarella cheese and sprinkle some mixed herbs on the top.
10. Add into heated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 13.5 minutes.
11. Remove from oven, cut and serve.

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After

Enjoy :)