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| Quick Cooking Pizza at Home |
I am usually dissatisfied with homemade pizza results. The crust usually isn't cooked completely or burns if I wait for the top side to finish. I knew that if I had a pizza stone things could be different. Pizza stones seem pricey for what they are: a stone. I knew to make a better pizza I needed heat from above and below, enter cast iron skillet.
Dough (2 - 10 inch pizzas):
1 1/4 C AP Flour
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
2 1/4 tsp Active Dry Yeast
1/2 tsp Salt
1 T Oil
1 T Sugar
1 C Water
Sauce:
1 C Tomato Puree
1 T Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
Toppings:
Cheese, cherry tomatoes and bell peppers.
Process:
Mix warm water (~100F), yeast and sugar together. Lets stand for 5 minutes. Combine dry ingredients. Add oil to yeast mixture. Add this to dry ingredients. Knead. Set aside covered until doubled in volume. Deflate, let stand, covered another 30 minutes.
Meanwhile begin to heat a 10 inch cast iron skillet over a high flame and preheat broiler. Split the dough into two. Shape dough into a 10 inch round.. After 10 minutes of heating, 'drop' the dough into the cast iron pan Immediately sauce and top the pizza. Place pan under broiler and watch for done-ness 2-3 minutes. Carefully remove from broiler and pan.
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