| Frozen pizza is all right, takeout pizza does the job, but | | | | - 2 1/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon all purpose flour |
| homemade pizza is simply out of this world. Creating | | | | - 1 teaspoon sugar |
| pizza is a very personal thing and when you make | | | | - 1 package active dry yeast |
| your own pizza recipe, you can create your perfect | | | | - 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| crust, add your favorite sauce and toppings, and cook | | | | - 1/4 cup fresh herbs (basil, parsley and oregano are |
| it just how you like it. | | | | good) |
| If you are a keen home cook, you have probably seen | | | | - 7/8 cup warm water |
| all kinds of "must haves" in the kitchen store and | | | | - 1 tablespoon garlic flavored olive oil |
| wondered which are essential to pizza making, which | | | | - Oil and cornmeal for the pan |
| are worth having and which are a waste of time. | | | | How to make it: |
| Pizza Paraphernalia | | | | Combine the sugar, yeast, and warm water and let it |
| Do you need a pizza stone? Do you need three | | | | stand for ten minutes until it goes frothy. Chop the |
| different pizza cutters? What about a bread machine | | | | herbs in a food processor with a steel blade. Add the |
| for making your dough or a pizza oven for baking your | | | | flour, salt, and pulse briefly. Add the yeast mixture and |
| creations? | | | | process until you have a dough ball. |
| The truth about pizza making equipment and cooking | | | | Add the garlic infused oil and process for another thirty |
| equipment is that none of it is essential and you can | | | | seconds. Alternatively, you can chop the herbs with |
| make great recipes without any of these utensils at all. | | | | your hands and knead the dough by hand for ten |
| The real essentials are your ingredients, an oven, a | | | | minutes. Put the dough in an olive oil greased bowl, |
| good recipe, and a healthy appetite. | | | | rotating it until it is oily all over. |
| You might want to invest in a pizza oven, pizza | | | | Use a damp towel to cover the bowl and leave the |
| stones, and other equipment if you make a lot of | | | | dough to rise somewhere warm for about an hour. |
| pizzas but, for the casual home cook, you can make | | | | When it has doubled in size, roll it out on a lightly floured |
| great pizza recipes without it, right from the delicious | | | | board. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. |
| toppings down to the tasty, homemade crust. | | | | Lightly grease a pan with some oil and sprinkle |
| Herby Pizza Crust Recipe | | | | cornmeal over it. Put the dough on the pizza pan, |
| The following recipe makes enough dough for a | | | | trimming the edges and bake it for ten minutes. Take |
| twelve inch crust. The dough is flavored with fresh | | | | the pizza crust out of the oven and brush a little more |
| Italian herbs and you can vary the kind of herbs you | | | | oil over the top. Add your favorite toppings and bake |
| use. Any fresh herbs are nice in this dough recipe. | | | | until it is done. |
| You will need: | | | | |