Baking With Love (#5)

  Hello & Assalamualaikum Everyone!!

Welcome to the fifth series of Baking With Love recipe blog! if you have not read the first, second, third & fourth one, I recommend all of you to check it out. 

Baking With Love Series Link

#1 (Brownies) -https://dns26delta.blogspot.com/2020/08/baking-with-love-1.html

#2 (Pavlova) - https://dns26delta.blogspot.com/2020/08/baking-with-love-2.html

#3 (Carrot Cakes) - https://dns26delta.blogspot.com/2020/08/baking-with-love-3.html

#4 (Cream Puff) - https://dns26delta.blogspot.com/2020/08/baking-with-love-4.html

For this entry, I will be sharing what my friends and I did recently. We baked PIZZA! Yum!

My friend invite me to her house and we baked some delicious pizza there. Oh! We also do sleepover that night! We have so much fun when we made the pizza!

PIZZA

Ingredients :

2 ½ cups warm water (600 mL)

1 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoons active dry yeast

7 cups all-purpose flour (875 g), plus more for dusting

6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing

1 ½ teaspoons salt

Directions :

Step 1

“Bloom” the yeast by sprinkling the sugar and yeast in the warm water. Let sit for 10 minutes, until bubbles form on the surface.

Step 2

In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Make a well in the middle and add the olive oil and bloomed yeast mixture. Using a spoon, mix until a shaggy dough begins to form.

Step 3

Once the flour is mostly hydrated, turn the dough out onto a clean work surface and knead for 10-15 minutes. The dough should be soft, smooth, and bouncy. Form the dough into a taut round.

Step 4

Grease a clean, large bowl with olive oil and place the dough inside, turning to coat with the oil. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise for at least an hour, or up to 24 hours.

Step 5

Punch down the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead for another minute or so, then cut into 4 equal portions and shape into rounds.

Step 6

Lightly flour the dough, then cover with a kitchen towel and let rest for another 30 minutes to an hour while you prepare the sauce and any other ingredients.

Step 7

Preheat the oven as high as your oven will allow, between 450-500˚F (230-260˚C). Place a pizza stone, heavy baking sheet (turn upside down so the surface is flat), or cast iron skillet in the oven.

Step 8

Meanwhile, make the tomato sauce: Add the salt to the can of tomatoes and puree with an immersion blender, or transfer to a blender or food processor, and puree until smooth.

Step 9

Once the dough has rested, take a portion and start by poking the surface with your fingertips, until bubbles form and do not deflate.

Step 10

Then, stretch and press the dough into a thin round. Make it thinner than you think it should be, as it will slightly shrink and puff up during baking.

Step 11

Sprinkle semolina onto an upside down baking sheet and place the stretched crust onto it. Add the sauce and ingredients of your choice.

Step 12

Slide the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone or pan. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the crust and cheese are golden brown.

Step 13

Add any garnish of your preference.

Step 14

Enjoy!

Btw, this is what the pizza that my friends and I look like. We made a variety of pizza and it was so delicious!

I hope all of you will take some time and bake this delicious pizza!

Okay, that's all for now! I hope you have fun reading this entry. I will be sharing many more exciting recipes in the next entry. Stay tunes everyone!!

Till then,

Thanks for reading

Xoxo,

Ain😘