pizza.. I love it! and I know you do too. And I know that your sister / friends / boyfriend / girlfriend / wife / husband / parents / grandparents / neighbors / boss / cleaning lady / post man / annoying colleague / pet / … / people of any age / sex / nationality / religion whoever! try and make it yourself, it’s easy, it doesn’t have to be round, you can put any topping you wish… do things that make you happy; make some pizza!

 the recipe

ingredients

for the dough (for 3 pizzas)

• 500gr. flour
• 8gr. dry yeast
• 300ml. lukewarm water
• 3tbsp. olive oil
• 1tsp.sugar
• 1tsp. salt

for the topping (for 1 pizza)

• 4-5 tbsp. red sauce
• 200gr. soft easy to melt cheese
• 4-5 slices of ham (what you prefer)
• 5 big mushrooms
• 1 medium red paprika
• 1tbsp. oregano
• salt
• black pepper

directions

Prepare the dough

• In a big bowl mix the yeast and the water until the yeast melts completely
• Add a pinch of sugar and stir a little bit.
• Start adding the flour little by little and mix with your hand or a dough mixer.
• After adding half of the flour, add the salt and the olive oil.
• Continue adding the rest of the flour little by little while kneading the dough. You should have a soft dough that doesn’t stick to your hands. That means that you could you need a little more or less flour, trust your senses!
• When the dough is ready, cover the bowl with a clean towel and let it rest for 1 hour.
• Afterwards, split the dough in 3 balls and using a baking paper as work surface, open them in round pizzas. They should be 5-6mm thick. Let the dough rest another 15′.
• If you don’t want to prepare all 3 pizzas at the same time you can keep the dough in the fridge for 2-3 days or in the freezer up to a month.

Getting ready..

• Preheat your oven in 220 degrees C keep your baking pan in the oven so that it gets warmed up as well!
• Wash the mushrooms and paprika, cut them in slices 2mm thick and keep them aside.
• Spread the sauce in the pizza dough using a table spoon. Sprinkle a pinch of salt, pepper and the oregano.
• Lay the ham slices, then the mushrooms, paprika and sprinkle some salt/pepper/oregano one more time.
• Finally add the cheese.
• Take out from the oven the hot pan and move the pizza in the pan lifting it from the edges of the baking paper.
•  Put the pan in the oven and bake your pizza for 12′-15′ depending on your oven.
• The idea is to have a really hot oven so that you get quickly a crispy but soft within dough! Gather some friends and..

Enjoy!

Tip!

• Of course you can use whatever topping you like!
• Pay attention to the temperature of your oven; if your oven is not really ‘strong’ then maybe you have to preheat and bake at 220-230 degrees.