Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Vegetable Pizza



Make 2 large pizzas

Ingredients:
Pizza Dough:

All purpose flour - 3 cups
Active dry yeast - 1 packet(2 1/4 tsps)
Warm water - 1 cup (100 to 105 F)
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tbsp

Toppings:
Mushrooms - thinly sliced
Bell peppers - chopped
Onions - chopped
Tomatoes - chopped
Pine apple - chopped
Pizza sauce
Mozarella cheese - generous amount

Method:
  1. Add yeast and sugar to the warm water and mix well to dissolve the yeast.
  2. Keep covered for 10 mins and you will see a froth on the top.
  3. Take flour in a wide bowl, add salt and olive oil. Add yeast mixture and mix well.
  4. Use your hands and knead well for 10 mins
  5. If the dough is sticky, you can dust with the flour.
  6. After thorough kneading, apply some olive oil on the dough and cover the bowl with a soft cloth and keep the bowl in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
  7. After 2 hrs, you can see the dough doubled in size.
  8. Punch the dough to remove the air and keep it in warm place for 20 mins.
  9. Roll the dough using the rolling pin.
  10. Place the dough on the pizza pan and apply oil on it.
  11. Add pizza sauce, toppings of your choice and generous amount of mozarella cheese.
  12. Preheat the oven to 450F and place the pizza pan and transfer the prepared pizza and bake for 15 mins till the base and the cheese turns golden brown.