Making PizzaMaking Pizza

Written by:Pinzaru AndreeaWritten by:Pinzaru Andreea

Gudal MariusGudal Marius

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Trifan GeorgeTrifan George

IngredientsIngredients PizzaiolaPizzaiola

for Ingredientsfor Ingredients 1 1 oniononion onion (medium size, 160g each)onion (medium size, 160g each) (160 (160

grams)grams) 2 3/42 3/4 clovescloves fresh garlic (medium size, 3g each)fresh garlic (medium size, 3g each) (8 grams)(8 grams) 1 1/21 1/2 teaspoonteaspoon fresh basilfresh basil (4 grams)(4 grams) 3/43/4 teaspoonsteaspoons saltsalt (4 grams)(4 grams) 1 1/41 1/4 tablespoontablespoon dried oreganodried oregano (4 grams)(4 grams) 1/21/2 teaspoonteaspoon ground black pepperground black pepper (1 grams)(1 grams) 00 kgkg chopped tomatoeschopped tomatoes (400 mls)(400 mls) 2 3/42 3/4 tablespoonstablespoons olive oilolive oil (40 mls)(40 mls)

PizzaiolaPizzaiola

Chop the onions and garlic, fry them Chop the onions and garlic, fry them in olive oil until translucent. Then add in olive oil until translucent. Then add the spices and tomatoes. Let it the spices and tomatoes. Let it simmer for half an hour to reduce the simmer for half an hour to reduce the water content, then take a blender to water content, then take a blender to it and let it cool down.it and let it cool down.

Step 1Step 1

Put your flour in a Put your flour in a bowl. In this bowl. In this picture, it isn't picture, it isn't sifted yet. Sift the sifted yet. Sift the flour.flour.

Step 2Step 2

Mix the yeast with Mix the yeast with the sugar and 50ml the sugar and 50ml of your lukewarm of your lukewarm water and stir, then water and stir, then let it sit for 10 to let it sit for 10 to 20 minutes until it 20 minutes until it develops foam on develops foam on top.top.

Step 3Step 3

Add the olive oil Add the olive oil and salt to the and salt to the flour.flour.

Step 4Step 4

This is what the yeast This is what the yeast will look like after 10 will look like after 10 minutes. Now add the minutes. Now add the yeast to the flour, oil yeast to the flour, oil and salt and add the and salt and add the rest of the lukewarm rest of the lukewarm water. Mix with your water. Mix with your hands and knead until hands and knead until you have a smooth you have a smooth dough ... this will take dough ... this will take a good 10 minutes a good 10 minutes hard work!hard work!

Step 5Step 5 This is what the This is what the

kneaded dough kneaded dough looks like. If you looks like. If you have any left-over have any left-over dough, you can dough, you can easily freeze it in a easily freeze it in a plastic freezer bag. plastic freezer bag. To thaw it, just To thaw it, just leave the bag leave the bag outside the freezer outside the freezer for a couple of hours for a couple of hours and use as normal.and use as normal.

Step 6Step 6

Cover the dough Cover the dough with a clean, dry with a clean, dry dish towel and let it dish towel and let it prove for 2 hours.prove for 2 hours.

Step 7Step 7

This is what the This is what the dough looks like dough looks like when it has risenwhen it has risen

Step 8Step 8

You can either roll You can either roll out the dough or out the dough or pat it on to your pat it on to your pizza dish or pizza dish or baking tray. If you baking tray. If you can fling it into the can fling it into the air and turn it, air and turn it, please give me please give me lessons on how to lessons on how to do that!do that!

Step 9Step 9

Chop the onions Chop the onions and garlic, fry in and garlic, fry in olive oil, and add olive oil, and add the tomatoes and the tomatoes and spices. Let simmer spices. Let simmer for half an hour to for half an hour to reduce the water reduce the water content. Then take content. Then take a blender to it and a blender to it and let it cool down.let it cool down.

Step 10Step 10

Spread the Spread the pizzaiola on your pizzaiola on your base - best done by base - best done by putting a blob into putting a blob into the middle and the middle and then moving the then moving the pan quickly back pan quickly back and forth. Or just and forth. Or just use a tablespoon to use a tablespoon to spread it.spread it.

Step 11Step 11

Put on your Put on your toppings. Don't toppings. Don't overdo it - stick to overdo it - stick to 2 or three toppings 2 or three toppings and don't put too and don't put too much on. An much on. An overloaded pizza overloaded pizza will get soggy.will get soggy.

Step 12Step 12

Put on your cheese. Put on your cheese. I love mozzarella, I love mozzarella, but it is entirely up but it is entirely up to you what you to you what you want to use. want to use. Cheddar works Cheddar works quite well, too. Or quite well, too. Or mix some cheeses - mix some cheeses - e.g. mozzarella and e.g. mozzarella and stilton.stilton.

Step 13Step 13

Put the pizza into Put the pizza into your pre-heated your pre-heated oven (heat up to oven (heat up to the maximum - the maximum - whatever your whatever your oven is capable of oven is capable of doing!). After doing!). After roughly 12 roughly 12 minutes, the pizza minutes, the pizza is done.is done.