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I've seen a lot of ways to make pizza, from cooking it on a charcoal grill to using flour tortillas as the crust. In order to make good pizza quickly, I've combined a couple of techniques and recipes.
It takes a little longer than 30 minutes (about 2 hours) if you make your own dough. If you don't want to make your own dough you can probably buy some at the local pizza place for a few dollars. Or you can cut the rising time for the dough short and end up with a denser crust. After you have the dough, it only takes about 30 minutes to lay out and bake the pizza.
The first technique that I borrowed is to broil my pizza (from seriouseats.com). This cuts the baking time down to as little as 2 minutes by cooking it from both sides, and makes a great crispy crust with bubbling hot cheese.
The recipe I used for the dough comes from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. The title is somewhat misleading, since 5 minutes is only the time it takes to mix together the ingredients. It takes at least 2 hours if you follow their recipe. Either way, the recipe is super easy to mix up and tastes great.
It takes a little longer than 30 minutes (about 2 hours) if you make your own dough. If you don't want to make your own dough you can probably buy some at the local pizza place for a few dollars. Or you can cut the rising time for the dough short and end up with a denser crust. After you have the dough, it only takes about 30 minutes to lay out and bake the pizza.
The first technique that I borrowed is to broil my pizza (from seriouseats.com). This cuts the baking time down to as little as 2 minutes by cooking it from both sides, and makes a great crispy crust with bubbling hot cheese.
The recipe I used for the dough comes from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. The title is somewhat misleading, since 5 minutes is only the time it takes to mix together the ingredients. It takes at least 2 hours if you follow their recipe. Either way, the recipe is super easy to mix up and tastes great.
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Hardware:
~An electric oven with a broiler element (gas works OK, but you won't get the same results)
~A cast iron skillet
~A pizza peel or wooden cutting board
~Rolling pin or other cylindrical object to roll out the dough
~Measuring cups
~A large sauce pan (about one half gallon or more) with a lid
~A spoon, a spatula, and some oven mitts.
Pizza Dough (this will make about two large pizzas):
~2 3/4 cups lukewarm water
~1 1/2 T. granulated yeast
~1 1/2 T. salt
~1 T. sugar
~1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
~6 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
~A few pinches of corn meal or grits (this is to keep the dough from sticking to the peel)
Don't worry about being too precise; this recipe is very forgiving, even if you get the amounts slightly wrong.
Pizza ingredients:
~Pizza sauce (I used canned sauce, but you can make your own if you want)
~Shredded mozzarella cheese (again, you can make your own if you want)
~Pepperoni or other pizza toppings. I used salami, basil, and onion, because that's what I had at the time.
~An electric oven with a broiler element (gas works OK, but you won't get the same results)
~A cast iron skillet
~A pizza peel or wooden cutting board
~Rolling pin or other cylindrical object to roll out the dough
~Measuring cups
~A large sauce pan (about one half gallon or more) with a lid
~A spoon, a spatula, and some oven mitts.
Pizza Dough (this will make about two large pizzas):
~2 3/4 cups lukewarm water
~1 1/2 T. granulated yeast
~1 1/2 T. salt
~1 T. sugar
~1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
~6 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
~A few pinches of corn meal or grits (this is to keep the dough from sticking to the peel)
Don't worry about being too precise; this recipe is very forgiving, even if you get the amounts slightly wrong.
Pizza ingredients:
~Pizza sauce (I used canned sauce, but you can make your own if you want)
~Shredded mozzarella cheese (again, you can make your own if you want)
~Pepperoni or other pizza toppings. I used salami, basil, and onion, because that's what I had at the time.
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Build your ingredients on top and heat until bottom is brown, Now put it under the boiler to finish, Less mess and easier to handle.