Anyone Make Homemade Pizza?

[acezz4e_tish]

hunts and best choice spagetti sauce have been swapping as loss leaders. those big cans are only 59 cents. i grab the limit each time.

[Risico]

Killer Pizza Sauce
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup onions, chopped
1/4 cup celery, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 small bay leaf
1 teaspoon fennel seeds

In a large skillet, melt butter with the oil. Add the onion, celery and garlic and saute until soft and transparent.

Add tomato sauce and tomato paste and stir until smooth.

Add remaining ingredients and bring to slow simmer.

Simmer for 30-60 minutes (or not at all depending on your taste and time frame).

Remove the bay leaf and spread the sauce on your prepared pizza dough.


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Sicilian Pizza Dough
1 1/2 cups of warm water
4 cups all−purpose flour
1 tablespoon of salt
4 tablespoons of olive oil
2 pkgs. active dry yeast

Combine yeast, 1/2 cup flour, and water in a bowl covered with plastic wrap. Allowrise for 15 minutes. Stir to deflate.

Add 2 cups of remaining flour with salt, 1 cup cool tap water, and oil. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

Add yeast mixture.

Mix in remaining flour.

Knead 15 minutes on a floured surface (10 minutes in a machine) until smooth.

Place dough in bowl dusted with flour and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled size (1 to 2 hours).

Punch dough down and put in ziploc bag in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Preheat oven to 500F.

Remove dough from refrigerator when ready to shape into crust.

Punch down dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface.

Lightly oil (olive) a 17 1/2" X 11 1/2" X 3/4" pan. Place dough in pan and push to stretch evenly leaving a lip up against sides of pan. Let rest for 10−15 minutes.

Spread sauce over crust and top with cheese and place desired toppings.
Bake in a 450 degree oven for 25 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.



** If you dont want to make dough, just buy the frozen white bread loaf/dough.. put it in the refridgerator for 2 days and let it thaw out totally and actually rise allot! Usually 2-3 days.. then just put in Crisco Shortening in a cookie sheet and put the dough in there...

It makes a nice bread-thick pizza!!!!



* Spread the Sauce on the Dough
* Slice very thin Tomatoes & Onions all ontop of the sauce
* Sprinkle very little Mozzarella on top
* Sprinkle a little Parmesan Cheese on top
* Cut pieces of Munster Cheese in fours and place on top.

The less cheese the better! Dont go crazy with to much cheese it will soak up the sauce to much.

[KatieNK]

Is speghetti sauce really good on pizza? I guess it is all the same... ?

We usually buy frozen pizza and eat 1 every Friday night (yay its pizza night tonight!) but I look for them on sale and do not buy them if they are not $4 or $5.

But I would like to start making them if they are cheaper homemade?

I do not want a bread machine as I already have too many contraptions. I have a Kitchen Aid mixer with a dough hook so I could make my own dough if someone had an easy recipe...?

Thanks!

[zakity]

I started using my Kitchen Aid. I make the dough, let it rise for an hour, and then press it out into the pans.

It is a lot cheaper. It was like $12 or so for three large pizzas and a breakfast pizza (pizza crust with streusal sprinkled on top and then baked)last fall before the prices all went up. I haven't reworked the prices since they went up. I am guess it still will be cheaper than $20 for all that. It feeds my family of 5 for dinner one night and then lunch the next day for everyone.

[disneysteve]

I know this isn't exactly what OP was asking, but I just made something new for lunch and it was very tasty.

Let's call it a flatbread pesto pizza.

I took a whole wheat tortilla, spread on pesto (bought ready-made at the olive bar at Wegmans), used fresh mini mozzarella balls scattered around (also from the olive bar) and added sliced mushroom and onion. Baked it on a cookie sheet for 7-8 minutes until the cheese was melted and bubble and the edges were starting to brown.

It was delicious and something a little different than a standard tomato sauce pizza. Also good if you are watching carbs (I'm not) since the tortilla is a lot less dough than a regular pizza crust.

[Coleroo]

We do... I use a quick making dough that doesnt require yeast. For sause, I just use speghetti sauce in a can or a glass jar. If I have extra time, I make sauce from stewed tomatoes. For cheese, I use mozerella. For toppings, I usually just use pepperoni, but sometimes I'll add a small can of mushrooms. Here's the recipe from my personal files...

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2 ½ Cups Flour
3/4 Cups Milk
1/3 Cup Shortening

Seasonings of Choice
Toppings

Combine the dry ingredients, blend in shortening and add enough milk to form a soft pliable dough. Add italian seasonings, salt & pepper in dough if you’d like. Pat out dough onto a greased 12 inch circle pizza pan and top as desired.

Bake in a 375F to 400F preheated oven 20-30 minutes or until cheese melted and bottom crust lightly browned. Cool somewhat and slice!