Italian cuisine is very famous outside the country and the region: who does not know about the famous pastas, pizzas and desserts, which are widely offered in various cafes and restaurants, even in the smallest city. Most of the delicious dishes can be prepared at home, and although they often require special ingredients, which are still rare (for example, special ham for
Bolognese sauce or Mascapone cheese for Tiramisu dessert), they can be successfully replaced on like that.
The Pepperoni recipe (pizza with an amazing taste), based on the name, suggests a special type of pepperoni sausages with a juicy, smoked, slightly salty taste. But they can be successfully replaced with regular salami. This dish is one of the most popular and beloved both in the homeland, in Italy, and around the world. Thin dough, slices of fragrant sausage, olives, a large amount of cheese and aromatic herbs leave no one indifferent. And this will definitely appeal to all your family members.
The Pepperoni recipe - pizza with a refined taste - you will find further in our article. But remember that this dish, like any other, has a very high energy value - 254 kcal per 100 grams of product (and average pizza weighs about half a kilo) and a significant amount of cholesterol - up to 9.9 g per 100 g, so to all those who adheres to a diet or monitors the calorie content of his diet, it is better to indulge yourself with a couple of pieces of fragrant pastries only from time to time.
Detailed Pepperoni Pizza Recipe: Preparing the Dough
To make the base thin and crispy, it is best not to rely on the store version of the test, but to make it yourself. For this you will need:
- 1 cup sifted wheat flour;
- 2 tsp dry yeast;
- 5 tbsp. l olive or vegetable oil;
- some water.
Dissolve yeast in water, then pour into sifted flour. Stir well, pour in the entire amount of oil and add the required amount of water, so that in the end the dough turns out like dumplings - shiny and elastic. Knead thoroughly and then place in a warm place for 20-30 minutes - during this time it should work. The finished dough needs to be rolled out with a rolling pin into a thin layer, put on a baking tray, pre-oiled or padded with baking (parchment) paper, and put sausages, olives and cheese.
Pepperoni recipe (pizza with delicious toppings)
Traditionally for this type of baking you will need:
- 200 g of pepperoni or salami sausages;
- 200 g of hard grated cheese;
- 25-30 pieces of olives (black) without stones;
- for sauce - 2-3 tbsp. l mayonnaise, ketchup and soy sauce;
- herbs for powdering -
"Provencal herbs", oregano, etc.
Cut the sausage and olives into slices, grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Grease the prepared pizza base with a sauce of mayonnaise, ketchup and soy sauce, put salami and olives, and then add a very thick layer of cheese on top, sprinkle with aromatic herbs - this is Pepperoni ready. Pizza is baked for 10-15 minutes in the oven, heated to 200-220 degrees. Tip: if you like it sharper, add a little fresh red hot pepper to the recipe. Italian cooks generally sometimes replace them with sausage. One way or another, having tried the dish once, you will often cook it for your family, and the Pepperoni recipe - a pizza reminiscent of Italy, does not require any special ingredients, except pepperoni sausages, which can be completely replaced with salami.