Julia Chiles - Roman Style Recipes: An Illustrated Cookbook of Italian Dish Ideas!

Did you know that the original Roman pizza was a breakfast recipe? This dough works for pizza, too. They didnt use tomatoes when this dish was first served, because they had none in the area at that time, but you could add a couple sun-dried tomatoes on top if you like.

Makes 2 x 9 pies

Cooking + Prep Time: 1 1/4 hour

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cup of water, warm
• 2 tsp. of sugar, granulated
• 1 1/2 tsp. of yeast

Optional: 2 tsp. of gluten

• 2 tbsp. of corn meal
• 1 tsp. of baking powder
• 3 cups of flour, all purpose
• 1/4 tsp. of onion powder
• 1/4 tsp. of garlic powder
• 1 tbsp. of oil, olive
• 1 tsp. of salt, kosher
• Provolone cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• Toppings, meats and vegetables, your choice

Instructions :

1. Mix first three ingredients in pre-warmed bowl. Place the pan in a bread machine. Close lid and proof yeast. Allow to set for 10 to 15 minutes. Some foam should be seen on surface. This shows that yeast is active and alive. If you dont see a change, this yeast may be dead, so get a new packet. Otherwise, the water may have been too hot, and it could have killed your yeast. If this is the case, start the recipe over. If the pan happened to be too cool to activate the yeast, re-proof the yeast with warmed pan.

2. Once you have proofed the yeast, add corn meal, gluten (if using), baking powder, flour and onion and garlic powders. Place the pan in the bread machine. Begin to mix on the dough setting. Alternately, you can mix in a bowl by hand.

3. Once the ingredients are combined into a dough ball, usually five to 10 minutes or so, open the lid. Add the salt and oil. Allow the dough setting to proceed.

4. When cycle of bread machine has completed the task, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Remove the dough. Cut in half. Spread halves into pre-oiled pizza pans. Rub a bit of oil into your hands to help you spread the dough without it springing back at you.

5. Spread the dough halves with three cheeses and your desired toppings and bake them for 8-10 minutes or so. Raise the oven setting to the Broil setting. This will brown the crust and cheeses. Keep an eye on the loaves, as the broiler can cause them to burn swiftly. Serve.