Once again it has been a while since I've posted some recipes AND pictures, so tonight I decided to be creative and make a homemade stuffed crust pizza with simple, wholesome ingredients, just like the Italians make! The all purpose flour can easily be subbed out for whole wheat flour, and no cheese if you want a lower calorie style pizza. I am what my sister and I like to call "lactard" . a.k.a lactose intolerant. For things like pizza, I have to take those lactose enzyme pills to help me digest it. Absolutely NOTHING can compare to real cheese, so sometimes I do give in, like tonight! But if any of you have dairy allergies, I find the mozza style daiya brand "cheese" would work well with this too!
Below I will list the recipe for the crust, and then the sauce. I will also list the toppings that I added which I found to suit it very well, and its also what I had on hand. Feel free to be creative, its your pizza after all! Enjoy!
Crust:
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp active dry yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
1 TSP salt
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
12 mozzarella cheese strings, or a block of mozzarella
First things first! Preheat your oven to 450° F.
Take a small or medium sized oven pan and grease it with olive oil, and sprinkle with a fine layer of corn meal.
Crust Directions: Get a measuring cup and measure out 1 cup of warm water. Stir in the brown sugar until it dissolves, then add the yeast and mix, then let sit for 5 minutes or until creamy.
While you are waiting for the yeast , measure out 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour and dump that into a big bowl with the oil and salt, then add yeast when it is ready and frothy. (If you have an electric kitchen aid mixer, that works well too!) You will then want to knead with your hands until it becomes a smooth dough,(or use the bread spindle attachment for the mixer) then let rest for 5 minutes.
Roll out the dough onto a floured surface and roll into a rectangular or oval shape. You will then want to fit it into your greased pan making sure it reaches all of the corners.
You will then want to place your mozzarella cheese strings along the border of the crust, and fold over the edges, pull back towards the pan, and press firmly around the strings and to the dough to seal it.
It should look like this:
Except we aren't at the sauce part yet. Haha. Thats next though.
Okay that was easy, right? Now let's get saucy.
You will need...
2 heaping tbsp tomato paste
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp olive oil
1 fresh garlic clove minced
A bunch of fresh basil leaves chopped
A pinch of dried oregano
A pinch of dried rosemary
A pinch of dried basil
Now this is the fun part, you know exactly every single ingredient that's going into your sauce! Isn't this wonderful? Cooking should be like this always! I just wish I had more time, that's another life goal of mine, but we will talk about that another time.
Now grab a small bowl, add the tomato paste, water and olive oil and mix until well blended, then add all of the other herbs and stir until combined. Then spread onto your crust!
Add your favourite toppings! Mine are tomatoes, basil, chopped kale and mozzarella!
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. I find every oven is different.
This is what it should look like!
I already had the bigggggest piece, and I'm still drooling just looking at it! Yummmm!! What an awesome way to start the weekend!
Leave a comment below and tell me what toppings you used!
I hope you enjoy the crap out of it, because I sure did. Bye for now!
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