PIZZA RECIPE

Ingredients

Method

1. Place the flour in a mound.
2. Melt the yeast in the water and add a pinch of sugar.
3. Combine flour and water, knead well by hand for a. 5 min.
4. Add salt and keep kneading for a. 5 min. Finally add Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
5. knead by hand until the dough is smooth and elastic.
6. Place a ball of dough in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth.
7. Let sit in a warm place (room temperature) until it doubles in size, about 2 hours.
8. Split the dough in balls of a 200 g. each.
9. Place in a container and cover with a damp cloth.
10. Let sit in a warm place (room temperature) for 1 hour
11. Take a ball of dough and flatten it with your hands on a floured work surface
12. Starting at the center and working outwards the edge, stretch the dough with a floured rolling pin.
13. Turn and stretch the dough until it reaches the desired diameter
14. Transfer the dough on a floured oven tray
15. Add few spoons of tomato sauce. Sprinkle the base with the sauce up to 2 centimeters from the edge
16. Sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese and place your topping on the pizza.
17. Bake the pizza in the oven at 210° until the crust is browned and the cheese is golden, about 10-15 min.
18. For the Margherita pizza, add the tomato sauce, few basil leaves and cover with mozzarella cheese.