Pizza

Ingredients:

Dough:

4-5 cups bread flour
2 1/2 tsp. yeast
2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups warm water
2 tbsp. granulated sugar

Toppings:
ham, cut into small squares
red and green bellpeppers
black pitted olives
pizza sauce, italian style
white onions
button mushrooms
pineapple tidbits
parmesan cheese
cheddar cheese
quickmelt cheese


     I always make pizza putting all the toppings I want on the other half and just pineapples, ham and cheese on the other side.  Every batch I put in the oven, there will always be a slice for me and my husband and for my son. I don't have mozzarella cheese then, if you have just sprinkle it on top.

Procedure:
1.  Proof the yeast:  Sprinkle yeast and sugar over warm water and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes until bubbles appear at the top of the mixture.

 2.  Combine bread flour, salt and olive oil. Add in yeast mixture and mix well. Knead into a floured surface until soft.

3.  Grease a big pan with olive oil to rise the dough with.  Cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap and set aside for 2 hours or until it doubles it size.

4.  Punch down to release air and divide into 4 and form into a ball and let rise again for the second time for 45 minutes or until it doubles its size.  You can make 4 medium sized pizza, if you want a bigger one, divide dough into three.

5.  Get one dough and flatten on your preferred pan. I want a not too thick crust, depends on what you like.   Put slices of cheddar cheese at the end of the dough and tuck it in.  This will also create a more prominent edges on your pizza to make it look better.

6.  Spread just a right amount of pizza sauce over dough... don't put too much so you will not have a soggy pizza at the middle.

7.  Sprinkle parmesan cheese over pizza sauce.  Preheat oven at 200C.

8.  Put the toppings you want.  You can put all toppings evenly, I just prefer mine this way the other half for my husband and the other for my son.

9. Sprinkle pizza with quickmelt cheese... most of the time I prefer quickmelt cheesse as it is a lot cheaper than mozerella, but if you have one available, just sprinkle it on top.

10.  Bake pizza for 35-45 minutes or until the dough is cooked.  I put it in the lower part of the oven.  Just check it every once in a while.  If the cheese on top already melts and beginning to brown, turn off the heat above the oven and leave the bottom on in a medium heat to cook the dough further.