How Tos: Pizza

January 13, 2008

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Let’s face it. Pizza ain’t hard. I started yesterday with making the pizza dough. I used Jay’s Signature Pizza Crust from Allrecipes.com. Because I’m running out of flour (surprise), I used a cup of whole wheat flour.

Yowsa. This is an excellent dough. It rose well, and if I had chosen a bigger pan it probably would have been even better.

I pulled it out today, and brought it back to room temperature in the cast iron skillet. When it finally came up to room temperature, I drizzled the whole thing with olive oil, then pre-baked it 450 for 7 minutes.

topped-pizza.jpgI slathered on sauce, toppings but no cheese. Here’s a picture of the crust with the toppings.

Baked for 12 minutes, then I topped it with the cheesy goodness. Ten more minutes, and life is good.

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