| If you are making a pizza from scratch, you can | | | | that, as well as a tomato sauce. Finish off with raclette |
| expect it to be a fairly time consuming process, | | | | or another Swiss cheese. Mushrooms are nice on |
| although not a difficult one. If you want to make your | | | | Swiss pizza also. |
| own pizza crust, your own pizza sauce, and your own | | | | If you are a fan of cheese, try using a variety of |
| toppings, then this is going to take a while and might be | | | | cheeses on your pizza. You can use a simple tomato |
| something you save for a special occasion. Most | | | | sauce or an Italian sun-dried tomato sauce on the |
| evenings, a quick and easy pizza recipe will suffice | | | | crust, and then try any combination of cheddar, |
| and it might surprise you to discover that you can | | | | mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone, Romano, blue |
| make lots of delicious pizza recipes using just six | | | | cheese, and feta for a really full-flavored treat. If you |
| ingredients or less! | | | | want to add something else, what about some sliced |
| If you start off with a readymade pizza crust or a ball | | | | olives or anchovies to bring out the salty flavor of the |
| of readymade dough, this is a timesaver in itself. Pizza | | | | cheese, or some ham and pineapple to transform this |
| dough is great because you can roll it out yourself, | | | | into a Hawaiian pizza? A little dried oregano also |
| which makes it look homemade. A perfectly round | | | | works well. |
| pizza crust does not look quite so homemade, of | | | | Reasons to Keep Things Simple |
| course! | | | | You might see pizza making as an excuse to use up |
| You can also buy pizza sauce but it is just as simple | | | | everything in the refrigerator that needs to be used up. |
| to make your own. You can combine tomato sauce | | | | If you have some vegetables past their prime, some |
| with fresh chopped basil to make a good pizza sauce | | | | cold cuts that need to be eaten and some other |
| or use minced garlic. For a white pizza sauce, what | | | | ingredients with fast-approaching expiry dates, you |
| about using sour cream as the base and adding garlic | | | | could use those to top your homemade pizza recipes. |
| and minced herbs? | | | | At other times, it is nice to deliberately keep things |
| Truly Tempting Toppings | | | | simple so you can enjoy the flavors better. Smoked |
| If you enjoy smoked salmon, you can use it to make | | | | salmon gives a gourmet touch to a pizza, especially if |
| pizza. Spread a pesto dip over the pizza crust and | | | | you team it with lemon juice and cream cheese. |
| bake it until the crust is crispy and the pesto dip is very | | | | Now imagine that smoked salmon on a pizza, which |
| hot. Spread cream cheese over the top and add | | | | also features ham, beef, olives, pickles, mushrooms, |
| smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon juice. The | | | | tomatoes, bell pepper, and four kinds of cheese. You |
| contrasting temperatures are as great as the | | | | would lose the salmon flavor altogether because there |
| contrasting flavors. | | | | is too much going on. Not only do six ingredient pizza |
| For a Swiss style pizza, thinly slice some baby new | | | | recipes take less time to prepare but their simplicity |
| potatoes, pickles and onions and top the pizza with | | | | makes them truly delicious too. |