Today, several dishes are widely known, from purely national ones turned into a culinary pleasure, recognized by gourmets of the whole world. These include: barbecue, hummus, sushi, shawarma and some others. But perhaps Italian pizza should be considered the most famous culinary breakthrough. The cuisine of each country is ready to present its own pizza, with its own characteristics and subtleties. Among Russian gourmets, this dish quickly gained an army of connoisseurs. The most popular cooking option for this delicacy is pizza with yeast dough in the oven. Other recipes are also known that have been praised by fans of a delicious meal. Domestic pizza makers have become adept at creating pastries, which can rightly be considered a real culinary masterpiece. We will discuss the features of making pizza in the oven later in the article.
Pizza: what is it?
The delicacy is an open pie made of yeast, puff, shortbread or other types of dough, coated with sauce (tomato), stuffed with cheese, sausage, vegetables or all kinds of other fillings. Modern cooking uses a huge variety of pizza recipes.
Homemade pizza in the oven
It is known that masters of specialized restaurants use a special wood-burning stove for baking refreshments. But homemade pizza in the oven, as the housewives claim, is no worse.
It should be noted that for the preparation of a popular treat it is very important to use only high-quality ingredients of the first freshness, otherwise the finished dish will be spoiled. Pizza prepared in your own home-made kitchen is deliciously delicious. How to cook pizza in the oven (step by step)? This question is of interest to many housewives. Experienced chefs willingly share secrets and subtleties that must be considered when baking. In this article you can familiarize yourself with the stages of creating a dish and the recommendations of the masters.
Time and temperature
Proper preparation of pizza in the oven involves strict observance of the time and temperature conditions specified in the recipe. A lot of it depends on what kind of dough baking is planned - yeast or puff. If you want to bake air pizza from puff pastry in the oven, you must take into account that such a ready-made base will turn out thinner than baking from a yeast counterpart. Therefore, the oven for it should be heated up to no more than 180-200 ° . Filling with a puff base is best suited, as experienced housewives assure, sweet or vegetable. It takes about half an hour - forty minutes to prepare such a test.
Those who want to please their guests or household with delicious yeast pizza should take into account that the yeast base after mixing rises 2 times and becomes very magnificent. In accordance with this, the oven should also be heated a little more - on average, to 230-240 ° C. Baking time takes about 50 minutes. - 1 hour. The recipe for making pizza from yeast dough provides for the use of mainly meat and sausage fillings and a variety of sauces.
How to make perfect pizza?
In order to make pizza in the oven successful, experienced housewives recommend home-cooks to adhere to the following rules:
- Yeast dough for pizza must be melted as long as possible. Ideally, it should "walk" for 3-12 hours (although recipes usually indicate a different time).
- When preparing the stuffing, meat, fish, seafood, etc., you should first stew, boil, fry, etc., since the products do not have time to cook during baking pizza.
- It is recommended to send pizza to the oven immediately after the filling is laid out on it, otherwise the tomatoes will give juice, as a result of which the dough will not be able to bake.
- Before preparing pizza, the pan must be warmed up properly (along with the heated oven).
- Pizza is rolled on a foil or parchment sheet and immediately transferred to a heated baking sheet. To do this, you will have to use some kind of device (a wide shovel or a baking sheet - flat, with one open edge).
- The temperature when baking pizza must be used to the maximum: after all, in a wood-fired oven specially adapted for making real pizza, a temperature of 450 ° C and higher is used.
- Pizza should be baked no longer than 5-8 minutes. During this time, the dough manages to bake and at the same time remain soft. Stuffing during this time will not lose its juiciness.
Dough (yeast)
Dough is a key ingredient in this baking. The general taste of the dish depends on its quality. For the manufacture of yeast dough for baking pizza, two methods are used - classic and modern.
Oven yeast pizza: classic
This method involves the use of dough. Dry yeast in water or warm milk is bred in a bowl by adding sugar according to the recipe. Everything is thoroughly mixed, covered with a linen napkin and cleaned in a warm place. As soon as the dough is doubled, add prescription oil (soft creamy and vegetable), eggs (beaten), flour, salt. Knead the dough again and set it in heat so that it rises again. Many are interested in how much pizza is cooked in the oven, if it is done in the classical way. The preparation of this version of the recipe requires time in the range of 3-4 hours.
Fast pizza: a modern option
As an alternative to save cooking time, experienced housewives call the modern version of the pizza recipe. It involves the use of household appliances with the function of making dough - a multicooker or a bread machine. This option will take only two hours to cook!
In the form of a bread machine (crock-pot), lay all the ingredients for the yeast product, set the mode to "Dough". The finished product at the end of the cycle is left in the bread machine for one hour to "rest".
Another fast pizza option: yeast-free dough
For those who want to save time, housewives recommend using the following recipe for quick pizza in the oven. To prepare a popular baking in the oven, you can use the recipe for yeast-free dough.
How to cook?
Two glasses of flour are mixed with one teaspoon of salt, poured onto a cutting board in the form of a slide with a depression in the middle. Next, beat 2 eggs, half a glass of milk (warm) or water (boiled) and one teaspoon of oil (vegetable or olive) until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Then the mixture is carefully poured into the groove of the flour hill and knead until an elastic dough is obtained. Cover it with a linen towel (damp) or a towel and leave it to "rest" for about twenty minutes.
Stuffing Ingredients: Mushroom Pizza Recipe
While the dough is “resting”, you can prepare the filling for pizza. This method of cooking will appeal to those who are looking for a recipe for pizza with mushrooms in the oven. You will need:
- boiled sausage 500 g;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs. (can be replaced with 1.5 tbsp.spoons of tomato sauce / ketchup);
- champignons - 300 g;
- bulbs - 2 pcs.;
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.;
- cheese (preferably hard) - 300-350 g;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- dill and parsley.
The recipe for fast pizza in the oven (yeast-free) involves the preparation of a wide variety of fillings, depending on the personal preferences of the author and the availability of products in the refrigerator. For example, they use both boiled and smoked sausages, boiled or fried meat, etc.
Cooking step by step
Step number 1. All products are cut:
- sausage is cut in small sticks measuring 1x1 cm;
- onions, tomatoes and peppers are cut into thin half rings, mushrooms are cut into slices, and the cheese should be grated (coarse);
- finely chopped greens, but it can only decorate the finished dish.
Step number 2. Further include an oven in a gas stove or electric oven. Set the temperature to 180 ° C, so that the dough immediately begins to bake, and does not creep in different directions along the edges. The finished dough is laid out on a chopping board sprinkled with flour and a ball is formed from it.
Step number 3. If the pizza is cooked in a pan, then the dough is rolled out 1-1.5 cm thick, the diameter should be about two cm larger than the edges of the pan. The same is true if the pizza is cooked on a baking sheet in the oven.
Step number 4. Sprinkle a baking sheet with flour or grease with oil (vegetable) so that the dough does not stick when baking. Next, the dough is folded several times so that it can be conveniently transferred to a mold, laid out, cut off the excess with a knife at the edges, leaving about 2 cm for the sides. The bottom and edges of future pizza are smeared with mayonnaise.
Tomatoes can be replaced with tomato ketchup or pasta mixed with mayonnaise. If the hostess has enough time, you can use real Italian pizza sauce instead of ketchup, which is easy to cook at home.
How to make the sauce?
Chop a large onion, place in a small saucepan and simmer for about 4 minutes over low heat, adding olive oil. Then add 2-3 tomatoes (peeled, medium sized) and garlic (finely chopped or minced). Tomatoes must first be mashed with a fork. Next to taste lay bay leaf, herbs, spices. Everything is brought to a boil and cooked for half an hour over low heat until a mixture of sour cream consistency is obtained. At the end, the bay leaf is taken out because it is able to give the sauce an extra bitterness.
We form pizza (stages)
How much pizza is cooked in the oven? This question is of interest to many housewives. Experts say that in accordance with this quick recipe, pizza is baked for about half an hour.
Stages of preparation:
- Sliced sausage is laid out with the first layer.
- The next - chopped mushrooms are evenly distributed.
- Chopped onions are divided into half rings and stacked on mushrooms.
- For onions put bell pepper cut in half rings.
- The next layer is made from tomatoes cut in half rings. Tomatoes can be lightly salted on top and sprinkled with herbs. Lovers of spicy foods can add various seasonings (garlic, pepper, etc.) if a special tomato sauce (Italian) is used in the recipe.
- All layers on top are sprinkled with half the whole cheese grated. Next, the sides of the pizza are closed and the remaining cheese is laid out.
- Pizza is placed in the oven or oven, which is heated to 180 ° C.
- Next, the prepared pizza is taken out of the oven and decorated with greens. Cut into portions and serve.
Thin pizza
This recipe is one of the most requested. To prepare thin pizza in the oven use:
- 350 g of flour (wheat);
- olive oil (one tablespoon);
- dry yeast (one teaspoon);
- sugar and salt (one tablespoon each);
- water (250 ml).
How to cook thin dough?
Cooking pizza in the oven (its thin base) involves the following actions:
- Sugar and yeast are placed in a container and mixed with water (4 tbsp. Tablespoons). Leave for 15 minutes. in a warm place so that the mixture “foams”.
- Flour is mixed with salt, add oil (olive), the remaining liquid and a mixture of yeast.
- Then knead the dough using a wooden spoon, spread it on a table sprinkled with flour and knead for 4-5 minutes.
- After that, the dough is again placed in a container, covered with a towel and left for half an hour. During this time, it should increase in volume by about two times.
- The approached dough is laid out on a flour-sprinkled surface and pressed down with your fingers. Then, sprinkling a rolling pin and dough with flour, they begin to roll out. The layer is folded four times and rolled out again, giving it the necessary shape. The thickness of the thin cake should be about 3 mm, the lush - about 6 mm.
- Then the cake is laid on a baking sheet or baking sheet.
Puff pastry pizza
Pizza cakes can be prepared from both yeast and puff pastry. For its preparation use:
- flour (1.5 cups);
- water (half a glass);
- margarine (100 g);
- sugar (one teaspoon);
- salt (0.5 tsp).
Features of the preparation of puff pastry
Cooking pizza in the oven (from puff pastry) consists of the following steps:
- First, margarine is chopped with a knife, sugar and salt are dissolved in cold water, and the dough is quickly kneaded, which should turn out to be shiny and smooth.
- Then the dough is put in the refrigerator for several hours. After this time, they take it out, roll it out 2-3 times on the board, folding the formation three or four times. The resulting cake is suitable for making a cake with a thickness of 1 cm with a diameter of about 25 cm and sides with a height of 2-3 cm.
- Then pizza, no matter what test it is made, is poured with sauce (tomato) and stuffed with foods of your choice.
Once again about tomato pizza sauce
Sauce is a very important component of this baking. Pizza recipe for puff pastry involves the use of a product that you can cook yourself (from fresh tomatoes in the summer or from tomato paste in the winter). You will need:
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- three tomatoes (large) (can be replaced with 3 teaspoons of tomato paste or canned tomatoes (6 pieces);
- olive oil);
- basil;
- salt (sea).
Thanks to the use of tomato sauce, pizza will be much more juicy. Melt the butter in a pan, add basil and garlic (chopped). Then tomatoes (crushed, without peel) are added here, the mixture is salted and stewed until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Cheese is an integral part of pizza
Cheese is an essential ingredient in this baking. To prepare a classic pizza with cheese in the oven, the craftswomen recommend using seasoned Parmigiano. For pizza stuffed with meat, chicken or bacon, it is best to goat cheese. Taleggio is in good harmony with vegetables or root crops. Pizza with herbs and tomato sauce sprinkled with ricotto cheese. Hard cheeses (pecorino or parmesan) melt well, grated (coarse), and soft (mozzarella) is recommended to cut into thin slices. Many pizza lovers believe that baking will be the tastier, the more cheese you put in it. Experienced housewives assure that they add any cheese from a Russian producer to home-made pizza, which, if grated, melts and stretches well.
On kefir
For those who are looking for a recipe for the perfect dough for their baking, the craftswomen offer to familiarize themselves with the instructions for cooking kefir pizza in the oven. Delicate and soft dough made according to this recipe is an ideal basis for delicious and fragrant pizza, which many consider to be no worse than Italian. It takes about one hour to cook.
About the composition of the products
Kefir pizza in the oven - a dish that seems to be specially created for treating cheerful friendly companies. The filling in it can be changed at your discretion. Ingredients for 3-4 servings:
- 200 g of kefir;
- 1 tsp baking powder for dough;
- 1 egg
- 2 cups of flour;
- 1 tsp salts;
- 400 g of mushrooms;
- 50 grams of ketchup;
- 2 sausages (smoked);
- 100 g of hard cheese.
Description of the method of preparation
First, prepare all the necessary ingredients. Fat kefir is used to prepare the dough, the baking powder can be replaced with soda, slaked vinegar. Kefir is mixed with egg, baking powder and salt. Add sifted flour, knead soft dough. It should not be very tight, it is better to let the dough stick slightly to your hands, but it should be very soft. Next, prepare the filling. Mushrooms are cleaned, cut into thin plates. Lightly fry the mushrooms using sunflower oil. Sausages should be cut into thin circles. The dough is rolled out, giving it the shape of a circle, spread on a baking sheet, which is previously covered with parchment. Next, the dough is greased with ketchup, spread mushrooms, pieces of sausage on it. Sprinkle with cheese on top, grated (coarse). Then pizza for 40 minutes. goes to the oven. Enjoy your meal!