Pizza at home is Easy

Today I would like to talk about making homemade pizza. It really is easier than most people think.

Making the dough is very simple....bread flour, yeast, olive oil, water and a pinch of sugar. You can flavor it with any spices to make it even better. It literally take less than 5 minutes to make using just your bare hands.

The sauce is simple....crushed tomatoes, chopped garlic from a jar and some italian seasoning.  Total cook time 15 minutes. Once batch is enough for several pizzas.

Once you have those two things made...you can whip out pizzas in no time at all.  Keep a ball or two of dough in your refrigerator. You can have homemade, fresh pizza in less time than delivery.

The key I have learned is BUY A PIZZA STONE. They really make a difference!

Preheat the stone in an oven set to 425 degrees.

Make your pizza on parchment paper with a little corn meal sprinkled on it. The parchment will allow easy moving of the raw pizza to the over. The corn meal gives it that authentic restaurant crisp along with the pizza stone.

In 15 minutes you will have fresh, healthy pizza. 

Did you know most pizza restaurants add 1/4 cup of total sugar to the dough and sauce of the average large size pizza?????? WHAT?!?!?!??!?!?!?

No wonder why people "get fat" from eating pizza in the USA but not in Italy.