I’ve been trying to make the perfect pizza 🍕 dough for years. Finally I tried the one on the Fleischmann’s pizza yeast packet and no surprise it was awesome. (Shocker 🤦♀️) The dough is as good as any bread I’ve had in Europe. Chewy, fluffy, almost like pasta!
Pizza Sauces
Blend in mini food processor or use an immersion blender.
Tomato Pizza Sauce
- 1 Tbs tomato paste from tube
- 1/4 or 1/2 onion
- 1/4 cup zucchini or arugula
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tsp dry or 1 Tbs fresh Oregano
- dash Tabasco
Pesto Pizza Sauce
- 1/2 cup Arugula, spinach, kale (any leafy green)
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 3 Tbs Olive or Avocado Oil
- 1/4 cup pine nuts or we used sprouted pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup Parmesan
- 2 tsp dry or 2 Tbs fresh basil
Pizza crust
- 2.5 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 envelope Fleischmann's® Pizza Crust Yeast OR Fleischmann's® RapidRise Yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup very warm water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh herbs (dill and oregano or sage, garlic, rosemary). And because we have zucchini from garden I added a 1/4 cup grated zucchini.
Directions
Combine 2 cups flour, undissolved yeast and salt in a large bowl. Stir very warm water and olive oil into flour mixture. Add herbs. Stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough.
Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 4 to 6 minutes.
Cover and let rise on floured surface 10 minutes. (If using Pizza Crust Yeast, omit 10 minute rest.) *If you need to slow down process (aka horses need to be fed or baby changed) cover dough in a bowl and put into the refrigerator.
Lightly oil 1 (14-inch) or 2 (12-inch) round pizza pan(s). Divide and press dough to fit desired pan(s). I lift it out and toss it to stretch the dough to reach the last 3 inches of pan.
Let the dough rise for 10 minutes then top with whatever you like. On our pesto pizza we did tomatoes, mozzarella, more fresh basil leaves and then sometimes olives, onions or whatever is in fridge. For our tomato sauce pizza we do pepperoni, (sometime turkey pepperoni), green bell pepper, and then serve with fresh tomatoes sliced on top after it comes out of the oven.
Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes.
The above is for a thin crust pizza, if you like a thicker crust you will need to pre bake the crust before you add the toppings then bake again once toppings are added otherwise the crust will not be cooked enough in the center.
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