What kind of people did come up with pizza? To answer this question, you need to decide what can be considered pizza. If just thin cakes made of dough with various fillings on top - then pizza appeared in Ancient Egypt, was widely known in Ancient Greece and Persia. But if pizza is not considered for you without tomato sauce, then in this form it arose much later - in Italy, in the 17th century.
How to make pizza in old Italian?
Knead an elastic dough of 300 grams of flour, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, half a teaspoon of salt, a glass of water of water and 20 grams of yeast, roll thin round cakes, put tomatoes on top, soft white cheese, pour olive oil, put in a hot oven for a quarter of an hour .
This dish became so popular that very soon professional pizza makers appeared and the first pizzerias opened. And now pizza has become a kind of “fast food” with a variety of toppings and ingredients.
What dough is pizza made of?
Now you can find almost any dough in pizza: puff, soda, and yeast. Although, of course, the most “Italian” taste will still be with pizza, which is prepared according to a traditional recipe, which includes durum wheat flour, olive oil, yeast, water, salt and sugar.
How to make pizza at home?
This is a very simple and very exciting process, especially at the stage of collecting the filling. Let's see what the most delicious and inexpensive pizza options can be prepared for your family and for your beloved guests.
How to make pizza with cheese and sausage
Knead the yeast dough: dilute dry or live yeast in half a liter of warm milk, add a dessert spoon of sugar and half flour (250 grams). Leave it for a few hours, then add two eggs, a pinch of salt, the rest of the flour (another 250 grams) and three tablespoons of olive oil. Knead the dough well so that it is smooth and elastic.
Roll a thin cake and place on a baking sheet.
Cut the sausage into strips or cubes, cut the tomatoes into thin slices, chop the garlic, cheddar cheeses, mozzarella and emmental - grate coarsely.
Put the sausage on the dough, grated mozzarella on it. Top - tomatoes and emmental. Sprinkle with grated garlic, then another layer of tomatoes and a layer of cheddar on top.
This pizza is baked for 25 minutes at 220 degrees.
How to make pizza in Milan
Bake a yeast dough cake for 10 minutes in the oven (until half ready). Then put mushrooms on it, fried bacon, circles of black olives and tomatoes, pour sour cream. Put in the oven for another 7 minutes.
How to make smoked sausage pizza
Fry the mushrooms and thin smoked sausages, sliced in circles, onto a thin yeast cake. Add a little black olives, sprinkle with olive oil, sprinkle with cheese. Bake for about 20 minutes at 210 degrees.
How to make eggplant pizza
Bake a yeast dough cake until half ready. Then put tomato sauce on it, plates of fried mushrooms and eggplant, cut into strips and fried. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 15-17 minutes in a hot oven.
How to make pizza Neapolitan
Put mayonnaise mixed with one raw egg on a thin dough cake, on top - pickled mushrooms and sliced tomatoes without skin. All is well covered with a layer of cheese, grated on a fine grater. Bake for about 20 minutes.
How to make pizza with chicken
Cover the dough cake with tomato sauce. Top with raw chicken meat, sliced in thin strips, pickled onions in half rings, circles of black olives. Bake for 25 minutes.
How to make pizza with seafood
Grated cheese mixed with tomato sauce and mayonnaise. Add peeled shrimp. Put this mixture on the dough. Bake for 20 minutes.
How to make pizza with mussels
Pour frozen mussels with salty hot water to thaw. Drain, squeeze the mussels. Mix the mussels with tomato sauce, put on the dough, sprinkle a little oregano. Bake - as usual, about 15 minutes in a hot oven.
Thanks to various fillings, the taste of pizza never gets boring, and the smell of fresh pastries makes any home truly cozy.