Homemade Pizza
The Best Recipes and Secrets to prepare real Italian pizza
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Contents
Introduction
Pizza is an Italian national dish, in the classical sense, it is a round cake with tomatoes and melted cheese. Initially in Italy, pizza was considered the food of peasants and the poor, since all the ingredients of this dish are available to everyone and it can be prepared from the products that are at hand. Over time, pizza has become popular among the wealthy population. The wife of the Italian king Umberto I Margarita of Savoy was very fond of pizza, and it was in her honor that one of the recipes was named (Margarita pizza). Pizza-like dishes existed even among the ancient Romans and Greeks and consisted of meals on slices of bread. In Europe, the prototype of Italian pizza appeared in 1522 after the import of tomatoes there. In Russia, pizza became popular in the 90s after the emergence of American cafes and restaurants, specializing in pizza making. Now pizza is one of the most popular dishes in the world.
The main advantage of pizza is, first of all, its variety - by varying the composition of the filling, you can prepare a light snack, a hearty lunch dish or a holiday treat. It is very convenient to take pizza with you to picnics. The main ingredients of pizza are special dough (currently there are various options for ready-made pizza base), as well as tomatoes, cheese and vegetable oil. The composition of the spices used varies depending on the culinary tastes.
The rest of the filling components are selected in the same way.
Classic pizzas use Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese and refined olive oil. The dough can be made both yeast and unleavened (to save yourself the hassle associated with preparing this dish, you can even use ready-made puff pastry). If the choice fell on the yeast option, the filling should not be a high-calorie ingot. Conversely, for a light dough, you can make meat or mushroom fillers. An important component of pizza is sauce. It can be complex, consisting of several components, each of which requires additional preparation, or simple (for example, mustard sauce, ketchup, soy sauce, etc.). Any dressing must contain spices, as well as salt.
In this book, you will find a large number of recipes for pizza with a variety of fillings - meat, vegetable, seafood and even sweet - that take time to prepare and whip up. With pizza, you can meet unexpected guests or diversify your daily menu with an original dish. In addition, when preparing pizza toppings, you have the opportunity to invoke your imagination and make the taste of the dish elegant or spicy, subtle and original, and continue the list of pizza recipes on your own.
PIZZA WITH MEAT
Ingredients
For the test:
wheat flour - 270 g,
powdered yeast - 18 g,
drinking water - 0.2 cups,
chicken egg - 2 pcs.,
natural butter - 50 g,
whole milk - 0.5 cups,
salt on the tip of a knife.
For filling:
beef - 300 g,
butter - 10 g,
salt - 0.5 tsp, spices,
mozzarella cheese (or any other easily melting cheese) - 200 g.
For the sauce:
fresh juicy tomatoes - 4 pcs.,
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons,
finely chopped dill and parsley greens - 3 tbsp. spoons,
ground black pepper on the tip of a knife,
sugar - 1 tsp,
salt - 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method
Mix heated water with warm milk, add yeast, mix until smooth. Little by little add flour and butter dissolved in a water bath, beat in eggs one by one, salt and knead to a homogeneous dough. Cover it with a linen napkin and leave in a warm place until the resulting mass approximately doubles. Then roll out the dough into a thin cake, place on a greased baking sheet and flatten.
Boil the beef until half cooked. Pass the boiled meat through a meat grinder, season with salt and spices. Finely chop the tomatoes or rub through a sieve, add mayonnaise, salt, sugar and pepper, beat with a mixer until smooth, grease the dough with sauce. Put the prepared meat on the dough, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese on top. Place the pizza in a preheated oven and bake until browned. Cut the finished pizza into portions and serve.
PIZZA WITH SPICY MEAT PIECES
Ingredients
For the test:
wheat flour - 270 g,
powdered yeast - 18 g,
drinking water - 0.5 cups,
chicken egg - 2 pcs.,
butter - 50 g,
whole milk - 0.2 cups,
salt on the tip of a knife.
For filling:
beef - 300 g,
butter - 10 g,
salt - 0.5 tsp, spices,
mozzarella cheese (or any other easily melting cheese) - 200 g.
For the sauce:
Chili ketchup - 0.5 cups,
fresh cream of high fat content - 4 tbsp. spoons,
finely chopped parsley and dill - 4 tbsp. spoons.
Cooking method
Mix water with warmed milk, add yeast and stir with a spoon until completely dissolved. Add flour little by little, beat in eggs one at a time, pour in butter, dissolved in a water bath, salt. Knead a homogeneous dough, form a round ball out of it, cover with a linen napkin on top and leave in a warm place for 45 minutes. When the dough has increased in volume, roll it out in a thin layer, place on a greased baking sheet and flatten.
Boil the beef until half cooked with spices. Cut the meat into small thin pieces and place on the dough greased with butter, raising the sides. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle on the pizza. Place the pizza in a preheated oven and bake until tender.
Mix the cream with the ketchup, add the herbs and beat with a mixer or whisk until smooth. Cut the finished pizza into portions, arrange on plates, pour over the sauce and serve.
PIZZA WITH SPICY MEAT MEAT
Ingredients
For the test:
wheat flour - 230 g,
drinking water - 0.8 cups,
powdered yeast - 18 g,
refined vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons,
salt - 0.5 tsp.
For filling:
pork or beef (or mixed) minced meat - 250 g,
butter - 10 g,
salt - 0.5 tsp, spices,
mozzarella cheese (or any other easily melting cheese) - 200 g.
For the sauce:
village sour cream - 1 tbsp. a spoon,
freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tsp,
ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp,
salt - 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method
Dissolve yeast in warm water, add salt, 1.5 tbsp. tablespoons of flour, grind with a spoon until the lumps disappear, leave for 1520 minutes in a warm place, add vegetable oil and the remaining flour and knead a homogeneous dough. Leave it in a warm place until the volume of the resulting mass approximately doubles. Then roll out the dough in a thin layer, place on a greased baking sheet and smooth.
Mix sour cream with lemon juice, salt, pepper and beat with a mixer. Grease the dough with sauce.
Add spices to the minced meat, combining them to taste, put on the dough, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese and raise the sides. Place the pizza in a preheated oven and bake until tender.
