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17
Feb
How To Make The Best Pizza Ever
By Zana Coffee Guru
/ in Dinner Time
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How To Make The Best Pizza Ever? The most important part is getting the Italian pizza dough right! More than just the base of the pizza, the dough is what gives the pizza it’s texture, holds together the flavors and if it is done right can make you feel like you’ve been transported right back to Italy.

Pizza wasn’t even invented until the 19th century, when it started out as a fast food on the streets of Naples. The classic pizza napoletana was just dough with a tomato sauce of Marzano tomatoes, oregano or basil, a little garlic, salt and olive oil.

It’s another pizza from Naples, though that has the neatest pedigree. When Queen Margherita came to visit Naples in 1889. She was charmed by a local pizza baker who had made, in her honor, a pizza with the colors of the new flag of the just unified Italy. Red tomatoes, white mozzarella and green basil.

Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

(makes dough for 4 pizzas, each one about 12 inches in diameter):

  • 600 ml of warm water
  • 7 cups (1 kg) flour, type “00”
  • 2.5 – 3 tablespoons (25 grams) of fresh yeast or 2 teaspoons (7-8 grams) of dried yeast.
  • 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp sugar

Preparation:

Sprinkle the yeast into a medium bowl with the warm water. That’s the kind the yeast likes best. Stir until the yeast dissolves. Place almost all of the flour on the table in the shape of a volcano. (Think Mt. Vesuvius… appropriate since Naples is the king of all pizza cities). Pour the yeast-and-warm-water mix, along with the other ingredients, into the “crater” of the volcano.

Knead everything together for 10 to 15 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic, keeping your surface floured. Grease up a bowl with some olive oil and put the dough inside. Turn the dough around so the top is slightly oiled. Cover the bowl and put the dough aside to let it rest for at least four or five hours. Make a cross on top of the dough with a knife. An old Italian tradition, this is seen as a way of “blessing the bread.”

Preheat the oven to about 400°F, or about 200°C. Dump the dough out of the bowl and back onto the floured surface. Punch it down, getting rid of any bubbles. Divide the dough in half and let it rest for a few minutes. Roll each section into a 12-inch disc. Now’s your chance to decide how thick you want your pizza to be! Do you want it pizza alta (Neapolitan-style) or pizza bassa (Roman-style)? Just remember, your crust will puff up a little bit as it’s baked! Transfer the dough onto an oiled pizza pan or baking sheet. Add tomato sauce, if you want a pizza rossa (red pizza).

Lots of pizzas in Italy are actually pizza bianca, without tomato sauce, so don’t feel like you have to! Brush the edges of the crust with a little bit of olive oil. Bake each pizza for about 10 minutes. Then add mozzarella cheese (sliced or grated) on top, as well as any other ingredients. Let the pizzas bake until the crust is browned and the cheese is melted. By lifting up the pizza to peek underneath, you can make sure the bottom has browned, too. Remove your pizzas from the oven and, for a real Italian touch, garnish with a few basil leaves.

Enjoy it.

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