Okay, so I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this on my
blog, but pizza is my favorite food in the world. I don’t care if that makes me
a 12 year old. I love it for many reasons, including, but not limited to:
- It covers all four food groups.
- It brings ham and pineapple together in my mouth.
- It's just as good leftover as it is fresh.
- It's covered in cheese.
I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that, until recently, I’ve
never made a pizza from scratch... Unless you count pita-pizzas, in which case I’ve made hundreds!
Anyhow, I decided to rectify this blasphemous situation and
so I bought myself a pizza stone, peel and assorted pizza making ingredients. I went to
town on them and succeeded brilliantly. With brilliant forethought I made 2
LARGE Pizzas and therefore got to eat a whole ton of it. (Don’t worry, I worked
it off at bootcamp!) Below is the recipe for homemade pizza sauce and homemade pizza dough…
Super Flavorful Homemade
Pizza Sauce (original
recipe here)
1 can tomato paste
6 oz warm water
3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
6 cloves crushed garlic
2 packets of Splenda (or a couple tsp of white sugar)
1 tsp onion powder
½ tsp oregano
½ tsp marjoram
½ tsp basil
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ tsp dried red pepper flakes
Salt to taste
Directions
- Combine ingredients together. Make sure to crush oregano, marjoram and basin in your band first, which releases the flavor.
- Let pizza sauce sit for at least 30 minutes so the flavors can marry.
Easy Homemade Pizza
Dough (original
recipe here)
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 tsp white sugar
Directions
- Dissolve yeast in a bowl with warm water. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Combine all other ingredients and mix until a still dough has formed. Cover and let rise about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- On a floured surface, knead dough until it’s no longer sticky.
- Use your hands to press the dough out into a circle big enough to fit your pizza stone, or use a rolling pin.
- Top with sauce, then ham, then pineapple and then mozzarella cheese (or whatever delicious pizza toppings you like).
- ENJOY your pizza goodness.
