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Elaines Homemade Scratch Pizza With A Plus Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Chefelaine / All my dishes 1 month, 3 weeks ago A delicious homemade Pizza, from SCRATCH. The dough is homemade, and the ingredients are by far better than your local pizzerias charge you extra for! Even the sauce is homemade! Prep:40m Cook:25m Servings:8	Chefelaine
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Ingredients

1 ½ cups ‘best-for-bread’ flour

1 pkg active dry yeast

½ cup warm water

½ tsp sugar

1 whole egg, beaten

pizza sauce (small can) –*** or make your own; recipe follows.

1/8 lb Polish sausage, thinly sliced

1/8 lb. pepperoni, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 medium ripe tomato, thinly sliced

2 green onions, finely chopped

3 large radishes, finely chopped

¼ cup green olives, finely chopped

¼ cup ripe olives, finely chopped

1/8 cup anchovies (optional)

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

Mozzarella cheese, grated (amount is your choice)

Cheddar cheese, grated (amount is your choice)

Salt and pepper to taste

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The homemade pizza sauce:

In a saucepan, combine these ingredients…

4 large tomatoes, ripe, coarsely chopped

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/8 tsp cayenne powder

½ medium green pepper, finely chopped

¼ cup REAL bacon bits

¼ tsp salt

2 tbsp Italian salad dressing

1/4 cup dry red wine

1/8 cup water

Directions

The sauce:

Combine all listed ingredients for the sauce...

On medium high heat, cook until the contents reduce to half, stirring often to prevent sticking

Allow the sauce to cool completely

Grind the sauce with a hand blender, or food processor until it is smooth and fine

In the interim, work on your pizza dough…

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The Dough:

Combine all the dry ingredients

Combine the yeast mixture with the beaten egg and oil.

Add slowly to dry ingredients, mixing well, until the dough starts to come away from the bowl.

Add more flour as needed to make the dough workable

Gently knead the dough, folding, pressing, and turning, for about 5 minutes.

This dough does not have to be kneaded to the smooth and blistered stage.

Butter and flour the pizza pan

Now, shape the dough into a ball, and gradually flatten out to fit the pizza pan.

Let the dough sit for about five minutes to dry a little on top, then begin adding ingredients:

Add the tomato sauce first

Top with the aforementioned ingredients, and sprinkle with the cheeses

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To bake:

Preheat oven to 425*F

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown, and the center of the pizza is bubbling

Allow the finished pizza to rest for about five minutes to allow the tomato sauce to firm up.

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***alternative topping suggestions:

yellow or orange sweet pepper

pineapple

lemon or lime zest

jalapeno peppers

chives

Gruyere’ cheese

Sweet pepper seeds (for a nice, nutty flavor)

Parsley

Broken cashew nuts

ENJOY! :+D

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Comments

stewie 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
Looks Great chefelaine...we like to make our own pizza as well...Great post

theoldrecluse 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
I may be a reclusive old guy but pizza I love. This sure gets a five from me.

Recluse

frodo 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
5 points buddy

dagnabbit 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
WOW, Elaine! Wait till Peter sees this. He's off running some errands right now, so I decided to get in here. It's a fantastic recipe and I rated it a five.
Take care of that cold and I hope you feel better soon.

Candy

linspj 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
I buy fresh home made dough from the deli down the street! Sooo...I will skip that step. But the combo of ingredients sounds great. I will have to try out on the family some night!

cabincrazyone 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
AND HERE IT IS
The same time that I was messaging you regarding your note to Mbalmr about home made pizza, you were posting it!
Printing to make!!! Thanks much.

elgab89 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
Wow, Elaine, so impressive - and I bet it tastes 1000 times better than the delivery pizza!