Homemade Pizza And Sauce

Luke asked if we could order pizza today and I thought why order when we can make it. So, I said to him lets make our own pizza tonight.

So, that's what we did and I have to say it turned out pretty tasty. When it was all done Luke said look we made our own pizza and we saved money.lol.....I wonder where he has heard that?




Pizza Sauce Ingredients

1 can of tomato paste
2 cloves of garlic
2 Tbs olive oil
2 tsp fresh oregano
2 tsp fresh basil
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 tsp pure maple syrup
1/4 cup water

Add all of the ingredients together in small sauce pan-bring to a small boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes. I usually try to make the sauce up ahead of time so it can sit in the fridge over night but if you don't have the chance to do that its good either way.


Pizza Dough Ingredients

1 tsp dry yeast
4 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 cup olive oil

Pour 1 1/2 cups warm water into a bowl. Add yeast to water. In another bowl, combine flour and salt. With mixer on low speed drizzle olive oil into flour mixture.

Stir water/yeast mixture gently and then slowly add to flour/oil mixture until dough forms a ball. Mixing with hands is recommended at this point. Once you have mixed and formed your ball of dough place it in a clean bowl. Drizzle with a small amount of olive oil over top just to coat it. Cover bowl with warm moist towel for about 1 to 2 hours. Set it in a warm area.

When dough is ready, preheat oven to 500. Divide the dough in half. Lightly grease pizza pan with olive oil. Using your hands, stretch one half of the dough out on your pizza pan. Stretch the dough to the desired shape, pressing the dough into the pan with your fingers. This is a thin crust dough pizza.

Now place whatever toppings on top of your pizza. Bake for about 10 minutes. Keep a close on it.

The other half of dough can be used to make another pizza today or tomorrow. You can wrap dough up tightly and place in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Ready to bake. At our house we have to do half with just cheese.






Cooked and ready to eat. Yummy!!