One of the most popular and beloved dishes is pizza. It exists in many different ways, so that everyone can find one that will appeal to him. The most important thing is that this dish can be easily prepared independently. You just need to select a recipe and follow the instructions noted in it. So, now we will talk about how to cook pizza in the oven and how to make the dough soft and airy.
Italian dough recipe
This is a classic, and it is worth starting with it. To prepare the dough for real Italian pizza, you must observe the proportions of the products and observe the technology. It will not work out in the eye. So, from the ingredients you will need:
- Flour. 410 grams.
- Pure water. One glass.
- Dry yeast. 1 teaspoon.
- Caxap. 2 teaspoons.
- Salt. 1 teaspoon.
- Olive oil, preferably Extra virgin. 3 tablespoons.
B Pour warm water into a small glass container. Pour sugar, salt, yeast there, mix thoroughly. Pour a spoonful of flour. Stir again. Leave the resulting mixture for 10 minutes to ferment.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour and olive oil passed through a sieve. Pour in the yeast mixture. Thoroughly knead a homogeneous dough, which should take at least 10 minutes. It should be soft, smooth and supple.
Then the resulting base should be smeared with olive oil and wrapped with a film. And then forget about it for an hour and a half - during this time it will increase in size.
The resulting dough may be enough for 3 medium-sized pizzas, but it all depends on how thick the one who cooks the dish prefers.
Yeast dough
His recipe is also worth noting attention, talking about how to cook pizza in the oven. Of course, real Italian dough is prepared only with yeast, but there are people who do not like this supplement. Well, here are some ingredients to make low-calorie pizza dough in the oven:
- 2 cups of flour.
- A teaspoon of olive oil.
- Milk (140 ml.)
- 2 chicken eggs.
- Half a teaspoon of salt.
The cooking process is elementary. In the container you need to drive in the chilled eggs, spend about 5 minutes on it. Then pour oil and warm milk. Mix.
In a homogeneous egg-milk mass, add the sifted flour portionwise. Put the resulting lump on the table and knead the homogeneous dough with your hands. When you get the right consistency, put the result in a separate bowl and tighten it with a film. After 15 minutes, you can roll the approached pizza dough in the oven.
Gingerbread Recipe
How many people - so many tastes. Many people are interested in how to cook pizza in the oven on a thick, magnificent dough. As simple as thin, only the technology is different. The following ingredients are needed:
- Flour. 250 grams.
- Water. 150 ml.
- Fresh yeast. 11 g. You can replace the dry ones, but they need only one teaspoon.
- Caxap. 1 teaspoon.
- Salt. 0.5 teaspoon.
- Olive oil. 1 tablespoon.
It is very important to choose the "right" flour. A great option would be Molino Grassi or the ready-made mixture for pizza manufacturer Garnets in a green packet.
If all the ingredients are ready, you can knead the dough. In warm water, combine yeast with sugar. Sift flour and salt into the mixer bowl. Pour in a yeast mixture and oil. Turn on the mixer for 7-10 minutes, and then two or three more to knead the mass with your hands. The dough will be elastic and not at all sticky.
Immediately after this, you need to sprinkle the table with flour, roll the resulting mass under it under the baking dish, put it in it, and leave it for 0-40 minutes, covered with a towel.
With this test, you will get a very tasty pizza in the oven with a unique delicate structure.
Traditional filling
Many people put whatever they want on top of the tortillas. And, on the one hand, this is correct, because everyone has different tastes. But the real immortal classic is Margarita, the symbol of Italy. Here are the ingredients that make up its filling:
- Juicy sliced tomatoes. 200 grams.
- Mozzarella cheese. 200 grams.
- Grated Parmesan. 50 grams.
- Fresh basil.
- Spices, herbs, salt, pepper.
The surface of the cake should be greased with two tablespoons of olive oil. Then evenly lay a layer of tomatoes, and on top - mozzarella circles. Sprinkle lightly with herbs and spices. Then lay out the basil leaves and grate the parmesan on top.
Before sending the tortilla into the oven, sprinkle it with olive oil and leave it in a warm place for half an hour. A Bake at 210 ° C for 10 minutes. The oven must first be preheated.
"Four cheeses"
This type of pizza is loved by many. She has an amazing taste, due, of course, to the composition. There is nothing in it but cheese and dough. In traditional pizza of this type there are no sauces or even tomatoes. Here is what you need to prepare it:
- Mozzarella. This is a young Italian cheese that looks like soft balls. Ee can be replaced with feta or well-soaked feta cheese, but it is better to follow a traditional recipe.
- Gorgonzola. Elite blue cheese. This is an Italian version of French Roquefort. Ho Gorgonzola is distinguished by its pungent taste and spicy aroma. An analogue may be dor blue, tuyere d'Ambert and given to blue.
- Parmesan. Hard cheese that can be replaced with varieties such as pecorino and grana padano. Ho, usually no one has problems with buying parmesan.
- Emmental. Swiss spicy cheese, characterized by a light sweetness. Instead, grades such as gouda and cheddar are allowed.
How to cook this delicious yeast pizza in the oven? You need to take 100 grams of each cheese and lay out in layers: mozzarella slices, gorgonzola cubes, grated emmental and parmesan. Many are lightly sprinkled with herbs and spices.
Then you can bake. Readiness is determined by the shade of the cakes. From below it will brown, and the dough will take on a dark golden hue. After that, pizza is taken out of the oven and served. Some decorate with basil leaves.
Neapolitan
Talking about how to cook pizza in the oven, it is worthwhile to touch upon another recipe that has long become a classic.
Neapolitano is a special dish. This pizza comes with peeled tomatoes, fresh basil and only mozzarella, not its analogues. The proportions are as follows:
- Tomato sauce. 100 g
- Black olives. 50 g
- Cherry tomatoes. 50 g
- Mozzarella. 50 g
- Basil. 10 g
- Dried Oregano (oregano). ¼ tsp
- Dried thyme. ¼ tsp
- Olive oil. 50 ml
After preparing thin dough, you can make pizza. Pour herbs into tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. You can even boil in a water bath or directly in a pan. Cut peeled cherry into quarters. Black olives in circles. Basil is recommended to be torn with hands, like mozzarella. After laying out everything in this order, sprinkle with herbs and sprinkle with olive oil. 10-15 minutes - and the pizza in the oven according to the recipe from Italy is ready!
Pepperoni
Or, as ee is simply called, pizza with sausage. In the oven, it is cooked quickly and easily. Of the ingredients you will need:
- Mozzarella. 170 g
- Pepperoni. 90 g
- Olive oil. 55 ml.
- Tomatoes 100 g
- Basil. 5 g
- Salt and oregano. 3 g each
Start cooking this simple pizza in the oven by kneading a thin dough. Then make the sauce - in a blender mix peeled tomatoes, a pinch of salt, oregano, a spoonful of olive oil and chopped basil.
Put the resulting tomato mass on the dough, sprinkle with grated cheese. The next layer is pepperoni circles. Bake like any other thin pizza. After cooking, garnish with fresh basil, sprinkle the edges with olive oil.
Hawaiian
Another delicious and simple pizza in the oven. For its preparation, you need thin dough according to the above recipe and the following ingredients:
- Canned pineapple. 120 g
- Chicken fillet. 150 g
- Ham. 80 g
- Cheese. 100 g
- Oregano. Half a teaspoon.
- Tomato sauce or pasta. 2 tablespoons.
According to this pizza recipe in the oven, the order of spreading the toppings is as follows: sauce, oregano, boiled fillet, ham cubes, slices of pineapple, grated cheese.
Such a dish is baked for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.
With chicken and mushrooms
Another combination loved by many. How to cook pizza in the oven with mushrooms and chicken to get a moderately thin base and crispy golden sides? Very simple, if you follow the recipe! To prepare the dish you will need:
- Mozzarella. 150 g
- Parmesan. 25 g
- Champignon. 7 large pieces.
- Chicken breast. 200 g
- Tomatoes 2 pieces.
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- A bunch of basil.
- Olive oil.
- For the test: flour (150 g), warm water (125 ml), dry yeast (3 g), salt (2 pinches), Provence herbs (1 tsp).
If all the products are prepared, you can proceed. Flour must be combined with herbs and salt, pour yeast into it diluted with warm water and olive oil. Knead the mass thoroughly and send it to heat for 40 minutes. After the time has elapsed, knead the dough again. And leave for another half an hour.
At that time, you can do stuffing. Pour the tomatoes with boiling water, remove the peel. Cut into thin slices and send to a pan greased with olive oil stew with whole cloves of garlic and herbs. You get a thick, aromatic, uniform sauce. Add basil. Garlic can be left (whoever wants to).
Cook the fillet. Cut the mushrooms.
Fit the dough into shape, make sides. Sprinkle with olive oil, put tomato sauce, and on top - fillet chopped into cubes, mushrooms. Ha 15 minutes send to the oven, heated to 190 ° C. Sprinkle with parmesan before serving.
Quick option
Sometimes you need to cook something in an emergency. Why fuss if you can make quick pizza in the oven?
For the test you need to mix mayonnaise (100 g) with two eggs, and then sift flour (250 g) to this mass. Stir well and pour the mixture onto a baking sheet. Pour on top with ketchup and put the filling in the following order: chopped onion (1 pc.), Thinly sliced tomato (1 pc.), Ham (200 gr), and grated cheese (100 gr).
Ha 20 minutes in the oven, heated to 200 ° C - and that's it, quick pizza in the oven is ready!
Oven puff pastry pizza
There are lovers of such an original dish. You can also try once an experiment for the sake of it, especially since pizza from the puff pastry in the oven cooks much faster than usual.
What is required? 500 grams of frozen dough, which you can buy at any bakery or supermarket. It must first be thawed. When it becomes soft, put it in a baking dish, previously covered with parchment, to form sides. Then grease the base with tomato sauce, sprinkle with herbs, put the filling. Onion “onion”, mushrooms, half-smoked sausage, tomatoes and cheese will “sound” perfectly on such a test.
How much is such a simple pizza cooked? In the oven, it should stand at an average level for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.
You can still list dozens of pizza recipes at least. But actually it is such a dish that accepts improvisation. Filling experiments are welcome! Indeed, pizza appeared in the distant 1522 - tomatoes and the remaining products for satiety were simply laid out on a flour cake.