Do you know how to make pizza at home? This popular dish is super simple. With a frozen pizza dough, your favorite sauce, cheese, and toppings, you can make a fresh, customized pizza right in your own house. Follow this guide to create a classic pizza base and two delicious topping recipes!
How to Make Pizza Dough
If you have a bread maker, that’s the quick and efficient option. Otherwise, making it by hand is also easy too! Here's how:
1. Combine Dough Ingredients: Mix high-gluten flour, low-gluten flour, milk, sugar, salt, olive oil, and yeast. Knead until smooth.
2. Let Dough Sit: Allow the dough to sit at room temperature for about 45 minutes, until doubled in size, then punch it down, cover with cling wrap, and let it rest for 15 minutes.
3. Prepare the Base: Roll the dough into a circle, use a fork to poke small holes in it, and let it sit for 20 minutes before adding toppings.
Two Easy Pizza Topping Recipes
While the dough rises, you can prep the toppings. Here are two easy topping recipes that anyone can try:
1. Meat Lover’s Pizza
- Prepare the Sauce: Dice onions and garlic, diced tomatoes, and mash them into a paste.
- Cook Meat Mixture: In a pan, heat olive oil, add diced onions and garlic until fragrant, then add 200g minced pork, stirring until lightly browned.
- Add Flavor: Add tomato puree, salt, sugar, black pepper, and some tomato paste, mixing until the sauce thickens. Add a bay leaf and cook until the sauce reaches a thick consistency.
- Assemble the Pizza: Spread the tomato sauce on the prepared pizza base, add the meat mixture, and sprinkle a layer of shredded cheese. Top with ham slices, pre-cooked shrimp, red pepper strips, corn kernels, and mushrooms, then add another layer of cheese.
- Bake: Preheat oven to 210°C and bake for about 15 minutes.
2. Beef Pizza
- Prepare the Beef: Blanch fresh beef, then simmer in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes with star anise, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rock sugar, salt, Sichuan pepper, cinnamon, and water.
- Make Tomato Sauce: Sauté tomatoes over low heat, adding sugar, salt, and black pepper to taste.
- Assemble: Spread tomato sauce on the pizza base, add shredded cheese, then arrange beef cubes, corn kernels, and diced carrots on top. Finish with another layer of cheese.
- Bake: Preheat oven to 200°C and bake for 12 minutes.
Tips for Homemade Pizza
When preparing your toppings, avoid ingredients that release a lot of moisture, like leafy greens. Pre-baking these can help remove extra water. For meat lovers, try adding sliced bacon or smoked meats for a smoky flavor.
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