Pizza - this dish has conquered the whole world. It is eaten everywhere and everywhere. Pizza toppings are striking in their variety, satisfying the most sophisticated tastes. There are sweet, spicy, salty, piquant, with various sea delicacies, children's, diet and many more of its different types. Not only Italians are fans of this unpretentious dish. More and more pizza establishments are opening all over the world.
How to cook pizza at home every housewife knows. The dough is a regular bread dough.
To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients: flour 700 g, a couple of teaspoons of salt, a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil and a little of it for lubrication, about 20 g of fresh yeast and half a liter of warm water. It will take half an hour to prepare and about an hour will be spent waiting until the dough rises.
So, how to cook pizza at home? You need to start by sifting flour together with salt into a heated container. The yeast must be ground with warm water (150 ml) and then put them in a warm place for 10 - 15 minutes. Then add ready-made dough to flour and mix thoroughly with the remaining water. Knead the dough for about ten minutes, this is necessary in order to make it elastic. Add the oil to two tablespoons. Knead so that it is evenly absorbed into the dough. Later, make a ball from the dough and place it in a greased container, tighten with a foil (food grade). Put this container in some warm place. Wait for an hour, and when the dough doubles, then proceed to further cooking.
The next step is the manufacture of cake. Knead and roll the dough on the surface. Put this pancake on a pre-greased baking sheet with butter or vegetable oil. An important detail is the sides. This is necessary so that the filling does not spread beyond the cake. The beads are bent around the edge of the entire cake about the size of a centimeter. Spread with butter, tomato sauce and put the filling.
You need to cook pizza in the oven at a temperature of 220 degrees for about 15 - 20 minutes. Readiness can be checked at the bottom - raise the cake with a spatula and see how ready the dough is.
How to cook pizza at home quickly and in an original way? There is a way out - an ordinary frying pan. The pizza is seductively crispy and cooks in just a few minutes.
Fast pizza recipe in a pan
For four people you will need: 175 g of flour, half a teaspoon of salt, a baking powder for the test - a teaspoon, diced butter, chilled - about 40 g, a couple of tablespoons of milk and one egg.
Sift flour with salt and baking powder and grind thoroughly with oil. Add beaten egg and milk, mixing, gently knead the dough. Form into a ball and roll on a cutting board into a pancake (estimated size 23 - 25 centimeters). Grease the frying pan with oil and put the resulting cake in it. Carefully align the edges by making the sides. You need to fry on high heat for five to seven minutes until the moment when the dough is browned and a crust appears. Then heat the grill in the oven. Stir pizza and grill for about ten minutes.
How to cook pizza at home in the absence of a grill? Use the same pan. Fry the dough from the bottom, turn over and put the filling. When the bottom layer of the cake is fried, the filling will also be in the ready stage. It turns out a very delicious pizza in a pan, if it is a little obscured (two or three minutes) under the lid. This will give her a special aroma and tenderness.
Each hostess can always come up with her original pizza with unique fillings or even several of its options that will be loved by the whole family.