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PIZZA CRUST
I've been making home-made pizza every Friday Night for 5 years now and have gotten it down.
1/2 cup very warm/hot water
1 packet rapid rise yeast
1 tsp. Sugar
1 3/4 cups Flour
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp. Salt
(optional - Pizza stone/peel & cornmeal for dusting)
add Yeast and Sugar to the water and let it get going - it's perfect wen there's 1/4 inch of foam on the surface
In a large bowl mix Flour and Salt. Add the Olive Oil and Yeasty water and knead. Work until consistancy resembles play-do (moist, but not sticky) additional flour may be dusted into the dough to reach this state.
Roll dough into a ball. place in a bowl and cover with a towel. Allow to rise for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Roll out (or hand toss:D ) makes one thick or two very thin crusts (I make thin ones)
If you like making pizza, you need to invest in a Pizza Stone and a Peel (a large, wooden paddle/spatula used for sliding the pizza into a hot oven.)
If using a peel and stone, dust the peel and stone with cornmeal (allows pizza to slide off the peel easily.) Top Pizza and slide into the oven for 9 min.
If cooking on a baking sheet, heat the sheet first (at least 10 min- be careful, don't burn yourself) then place dough on it, top and slide he baking sheet into the oven for 10-12 min. It's important to lay the dough on a hot surface - it firms up the crust.
Haven't bought a pizza in a LOOOOOONG time:D
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