Pizza is a national dish of Italians. In appearance, it is a round flat cake, topped with tomatoes and cheese - in its classic form.
It is difficult to say when this dish was invented, since its appearance is known in ancient Rome and Greece.
In this form, in which pizza is known to us, it appeared around the 18th century, thanks to the Italian queen Margarita of Savoy, who really enjoyed this dish. In honor of her, even named one of the recipes - "Margarita".
How to cook the classic dough for a thin pizza
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calorie - 277 kcal.
Ingredients are indicated on three thin pizzas - you can take a smaller amount, but then there is a chance that a meager amount of dough will not suit you.
First you need to take a deep bowl and pour warm water there. Salt, a tablespoon of flour, yeast and sugar are also added there.
The resulting mixture should be stirred until a state of homogeneous mass and leave to infuse for 15-20 minutes. This mixture is called opara - when the proper time passes, a foam will appear on the surface of the mixture - a consequence of the fermentation of yeast.
After that, the rest of the flour, salt and butter are mixed in a separate bowl - there is no particular difference what oil to take, it is necessary for consistency. From above the brew is poured, after which it is already possible to knead.
It is also important to know that the dough for this thin pizza should be the desired consistency - plastic and easily lagging behind the hands, but should not be torn.
When the dough is mixed - there comes an equally important point. It needs to be rolled out, and it should be rolled out very thinly, about half a centimeter thick. To do this, use a rolling pin, and to make it more similar to the classic pizza, the edges can be left a little thicker than the middle.
After that, you can start baking.
How to make yeast pizza dough
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calorie content - 280 kcal.
Yeast should be diluted in warm water. To them add a tablespoon of flour and carefully mix the resulting brew. Next, it should stand for 10-20 minutes, until a characteristic foam appears on the surface from the fermentation of yeast.
Next, take the dishes, in which you will knead the dough, and flour is poured there - it is important that the flour is well sifted. In the center of the flour you need to make a hollow and pour a brew with butter there. To begin with, all this needs to be stirred with a spoon so that the oil is not left only on the hands, and then thoroughly knead it until smooth. It will take you about 10 minutes.
The resulting dough rolls into a rounded shape, sprinkled with flour and put to the side. You need to cover it with something above or put it in a pan and close it, but in the second case you should take into account that it will increase in volume approximately twice.
The finished dough is rolled into a cake, 1-2 centimeters thick. After that, it is ready for baking.
How to quickly make a yeast-free pizza dough
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calories - 300 kcal.
You need to take a separate bowl and mix the flour and salt in it. In another bowl, mix eggs, vegetable oil, and milk — mix until smooth. Next, the egg-milk mixture is poured into the flour a little bit, while the flour, along with the mixture to be poured, must be constantly stirred - there will be no lumps and the dough itself will turn out more tender.
You should have a smooth sticky dough. Next, it should be kneaded. In the process of mixing the dough and hands need to sprinkle with flour periodically, so that in the end it was not so sticky and homogeneous. You should have a smooth and soft dough, while still elastic, so as not to burst.
After that, it should be rolled into a ball and, wrapped with a wet towel, set aside so that it settles. Fifteen minutes later, you need to roll it into a thin cake, after which it will be fully prepared for baking.
How to cook the dough on kefir for pizza
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calorie content - 210 kcal.
First, in a deep bowl, mix the kefir, salt and half of the flour (250 g). After that, in a separate container, you need to beat the eggs until smooth and pour it over the kefir. All this is thoroughly mixed until smooth.
After that, add half of the oil and begin to mix. Continuing to stir, add a little flour and, when the flour is already all added, pour the remaining half of the butter and stir again. The main thing is to make the dough without lumps.
Next, it must be kneaded. If it turned out to be too liquid, you should add a little flour during kneading, but you should not overdo it - the dough should not be thick. After kneaded, it must be put in a saucepan, close and set to stand for 15 minutes. After this, the dough is ready for baking.
How to make delicious puff pastry pizza at home
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calories - 362 kcal.
The first step is to clean the table or any other surface on which you will knead the dough. Pour flour on the surface and make a recess in it in the center. Next, take cold water, mix the salt in it and pour it into the well in the flour - the water should not spill and be even in the well.
Next, the water should be carefully, with a spoon, mix the water with flour, so that it does not spill. When you get a more or less thick mass, you can begin to knead the dough with your hands. Your goal - an elastic, steep, uniform dough without lumps.
Next, the ball is made of dough, covered with cling film and placed in the refrigerator for about two hours. Then you need to soften the margarine, give it an oblong shape and put in the freezer when the dough is in the freezer for an hour, so that you can get them at the same time.
When the time comes, you should get both products and get to the main point. The dough should be given the same oblong shape and pressed into it, in the very center, margarine so that it is in the dough as in an envelope.
The edges should be sealed, after which the resulting bundle is placed on the table or its replacement surface and rolled out very thinly. Then it folds up three times and rolls out again. Then it folds again three times and placed in the refrigerator for an hour, after which it can be considered ready.
While already puff pastry is in the refrigerator, you can take up the filling.
First you need to cut the tomatoes into slices. At the same time, tomatoes should not be strongly pressed so that their juice does not come out - otherwise the taste of the dish will be less tasty. After, we cut sausages into an arbitrary shape, but according to the classic recipe, we need to cut it into circles.
Then the Bulgarian pepper, washed and cleaned from seeds, is cut - it should be cut into strips. Then cut into slices of olives, but first the bones are removed. Next, chop the mushrooms to the size of olives. Cheese should be grated on a fine grater.
Next, get the dough. Roll it out, cut it into even squares, then put the resulting squares on a baking sheet. Liberally grease them with ketchup or tomato, put the rest of the ingredients on top and sprinkle with cheese, then put in the oven for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
How to make pizza from ready-made yeast dough
The approximate cooking time is 30 minutes. Calories - 250 kcal.
The first step is to defrost the dough as it is written on the package and roll it into a baking dish with a parchment paper in advance. Next, the dough is smeared with ketchup - you can smear it as much as you want, but you should not overdo it, otherwise its taste will be too rich and will not allow others to feel normally.
Onions need to be washed, peeled and finely chopped, preferably in cubes. Then it should be fried in a skillet in oil (if you want, you can use it raw). Greens are also finely chopped and added to the onions at the moment when you turn off the heat, otherwise the greens will burn.
Both types of sausage should be finely chopped and put in a bowl, add the same cucumber, also finely chopped, and mix. Tomatoes need to be washed and carefully cut, so as not to release the juice.
Next, put everything on the dough in the following sequence - onions and greens, sausages with cucumber, tomatoes. From above, everything is watered to taste with mayonnaise (it can be ketchup), smeared with a spoon and sprinkled with grated cheese grated on a coarse grater.
Pizza is ready for roasting. Put it in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, and bake for 30 minutes.
Useful tips
- for pizza, it is better to use wheat flour - it is used in the classic recipe;
- you can always experiment with ingredients;
- cheese is better to choose solid varieties;
- always use baking paper when baking;
- for making quick pizza, it is best to use purchased dough, as its preparation takes up most of the cooking time.
Enjoy your meal!
And another recipe for pizza dough - in the next video.
