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Special Edition Recipe - National Pizza Month
The Paper Thin – Multi Grain – Dream Pie
Making The Pizza Dough
Pour 1 ½ cups of warm water in a bowl (Approx 105 –115 degrees)
Empty the 2 packages of Active Dry Yeast into the bowl and stir until fully dissolved. Set to the
side for approximately 20 minutes.
In a separate bowl mix the remaining dry ingredients (Whole wheat flour, enriched unbleached
bread flour, salt, and the sugar).
Check the yeast mixture to ensure that the yeast has become active. It will
appear to have increased in volume.
Slowly began to pour small amounts of the dry ingredients into the yeast and water mixture,
stirring as you add the mixture. Continue to add the dry mixture until the mixture becomes solid
and somewhat “clumpy”.
Once you have added all of the dry ingredients to the yeast and water
mixture, add approximately 1 ½ teaspoons of olive oil to the mixture and continue to knead by
hand. If needed, add a little more water to insure the dough is manage able. The kneading
process can take 15 -25 minutes so make sure the dough is well blended.
Once the dough is well blended, cut the dough in half and roll (by hand) into (2) small dough
balls. Roll the dough balls around in any leftover flour (plain white) that is available. Finally, with
a small amount of olive oil, brush the dough balls lightly to moisten and place in separate bowls
that you will cover with a wet kitchen cloth and place in the refrigerator overnight.
For best
results I suggest at least 8- 12 hour s… however you can use the dough if needed after 2-3
hours.
Preparing The Pizza Sauce
Ingredients:
1 –15 ounce can of tomato sauce
1- 6 ounce can of tomato paste
1 ½ teaspoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon of minced garlic
1 teaspoon of ground oregano (Mediterranean preferred)
1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon of Basil Leaves (Mediterranean preferred)
Pour the tomato paste and tomato sauce into a bowl. Add all seasonings including the olive oil. Stir until all ingredients are thoroughly blended. This should result in a smooth tomato sauce…
if more smoothness is desired add just a touch more olive oil. Set aside for 3-5 minutes.
Creating the pizza pie….
Once you’re ready to assemble the pizza, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let sit for
approximately 15 minutes. The goal is to raise the temperature of the dough to room
temperature...
Grab one of the dough balls and begin to shape the dough… refrigerate the leftover dough ball
for future use.
For a quick video that shows exactly how to correctly achieve the dough shaping process go
here:
http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/pages/cvt033.asp
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out until it is “paper thin”… this can take 15-20 minutes… make
the dough as thin as possible without tearing the dough.
Oil your pizza pan with olive oil by placing a fair amount of olive oil on a brush or a kitchen cloth.
Spread evenly across the perforated pizza pan. Using a perforated pan will help create the quick
baking effect that produces a crispier pizza crust. At this point we’re going to try something a little different.
Pre-heat your oven to 300-325 degrees. Once the oven is hot and BEFORE you dress
your pizza… slide your pizza dough that you’ve stretched across your perforated pizza pan into
the oven for NO MORE THAN 2 ½ minutes.
Remove the dough from the oven. The dough has now been pre-heated and should be fairly
warm. Crank your oven up to 425-450 degrees to make sue it is plenty hot prior to
resuming the pizza bake.
Now we’re ready to add our pizza sauce. With a large spoon, spread your pizza sauce evenly
across the pizza dough. Make sure the sauce is spread evenly across the entire pie.
Adding your pizza toppings…
OK… now we’re ready for the good stuff… here are the toppings that I use for this pizza…
Ingredients:
½ cup white or red or white onions
½ cup green pepper all seeds removed
½ cup small mushrooms
½ cup uncooked Italian Sausage - Usually found packaged in a plastic roll at any grocer
10- 15 small round slices of Canadian bacon
10- 15 small round slices of pepperoni
2 cup s finely shredded mozzarella cheese (you may use less or more depending on your
taste)
1 cup finely shredded sharp cheddar cheese (measure to taste)
A sprinkle of freshly ground pepper
If you have a small automatic chopping machine use it… It’s perfect for this recipe. Place the
onions, peppers and mushrooms into the chopping machine and chop until very fine and small…
You should actually have to remove these ingredients from the chopping cup with a spoon. That’s
how fine these ingredients should be… If no automatic machine is used, make sure you chop the
onions, peppers and mushrooms into very small and fine portions…
Now evenly spread your cheeses across the warm pizza crust. Once your pizza sauce layer and
cheese layer have been added, sprinkle the finely chopped mixture of onions, peppers and
mushrooms evenly across the pizza.
Using very small pinches of Italian sausage, strategically place the Italian sausage across your
pie. Once completed, add your slices of Canadian bacon and pepperoni evenly across the pizza.
For better cooking, try not to overlap the meats.
Once this is completed we’ll sprinkle the fresh ground pepper lightly across the entire pie.
We’re ready to slide the pizza back into the HOT oven for 6-8 minutes or until the edges of the
crust are golden brown.
What’s left? Pull up a chair in the kitchen and anxiously wait for your masterpiece to complete
the baking process.
Once baked, carefully remove the hot pie and cut with a pizza cutter.
WARNING – By this time
family members and friend are probably gathering around your kitchen waiting to dig in…
Hide this secret recipe in a safe place so you can refer to it later…
Enjoy Your Pizza!