Kate’s Kitchen- Homemade Pizza

I find bliss in the kitchen- particularly when working on something simple and a tad creative. No need to run- I think you can too. I am all about simple. 1. 2. 3.- ta da!

Friday nights are pizza nights around here. Here’s how I make homemade pizza (recipe makes 2 pizzas)…

1. Mix      2. Let Rise (and read a book)     3. Roll & Assemble

1. put the following ingredients in your mixer [I use kitchen aid with dough hook]- in this order [start this 2 hrs before you want to eat]

• 1 tbsp baking yeast
• 1.5 cups warm water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp salt
• 3 tbsp olive oil – or just shake a little in there
• 3.5 cups flour

2. put dough hook on mixer and let it rip for 10 minutes- take the dough hook off and let the dough sit in the same bowl to rise for about 1 hour

3. after about 1 hour clear some counter space and sprinkle it with flour.  preheat your oven to 425. remove dough from bowl. cut dough in half.

• get your rolling pin out [or maybe you have a wine bottle you can use]
• roll away from you- working the dough into a circle- keep adding more flour if its sticking
• get out your pizza pans and sprinkle them with some olive oil
• lay the dough on your pan
• get out your sauce, mozarella cheese, and whole hog sausage and any other toppings you enjoy
• spoon about 1 cup of tomato or pizza sauce over your dough
• sprinkle about 1.5 cups of mozarella cheese on top
• cut up chunks of sausage and lay on top- as much as desired
• repeat for second pizza
• put it in the oven and bake for 20 minutes
• yum. yum.

** if you want extra special pizza- try making your own mozarella. we do not have fresh milk now because the cows are dry (they haven’t had their calves yet)- I used grated mozarella from the grocery– works too!

There are many variations to making homemade pizza– let us know your tips in the comments!