Homemade Pizza is a favorite at our house. Everyone makes his/her own pizza, just the size wanted with just the toppings wanted. Even the grandchildren make their own. This recipe makes enough for an evening with a crowd. Be sure to pre-heat your oven to as hot as it can get. Ours is usually set to 550°. Each pizza takes about 10 - 15 minutes.
Oh, and our REAL secret are the tiles we keep in the oven. They are terra-cotta quarry tiles. {We bought them at HomeDepot many years ago. We recently sought out more, but had a hard time finding them. We ended up at a tile store that was willing to order them for us.} We use a pizza paddle and slide the uncooked pizza onto the pre-heated tiles and then use the same paddle to slide the cooked pizzas from the oven too.
Authentic
Pizza Dough
2 T. yeast
1 t. sugar
4 cups warm water
4 cups flour
Beat until soupy.
Let stand 20 minutes until foamy.
Add to above:
¼ cup olive oil
4 t. salt
8 – 10 cups flour
Mix to stiff
dough. Let rest 10 – 15 min. Makes
5-6 large pizzas, or 15 - 20 small ones.
Remember to use corn meal under the dough to roll the dough out. This keeps it moveable and adds great texture and flavor to your finished pizza.
Pizza
Sauce
6, 8oz cans
tomato sauce or tomato puree
½ t. pepper
1 t. sugar
2 t. salt
1 t. garlic
powder
2 t. onion powder
1 t. sweet basil
1 ½ t. oregano
Simmer one or
more hours. A crock-pot works
best.
Use your favorite
toppings and cheese.
Your oven needs
to be as hot as it can be, 500 or more degrees.
