Make a big pizza. How to quickly cook pizza at home. Tips for making delicious pizza

Pizza has long become popular far beyond its homeland. This dish is so loved by modern cosmopolitans that today specialty restaurants, cafeterias and pizzerias open every day around the world. The flatbread, which once could be prepared exclusively by the indigenous people of Italy, today is able to be made by all professional culinary specialists, regardless of nationality.

The product is very satisfying and versatile - it is suitable both for a party with friends and for a picnic outside the city. They can be enjoyed for lunch or dinner with family. Pizza can be consumed not only with good wine, but also with tomato juice. If you also belong to the fan club of fans of this product, then our advice will come to you, as they say, to the yard. We will tell you how to cook the product in Italian. You will be surprised how easy it is!

A little about the dough

There are classic pizza dough recipes used by professional pizza makers in restaurants. You can make a variety of bases: yeast, unleavened, puff, and so on. Just by trial and error, choose the option that suits you, change the filling, and then every time you will have a completely new Italian flatbread on your table! We will tell you a few secrets of a delicious dough.

1. To make a pizza that tastes like a real Italian, you will need two types of flour - regular high-grade white and durum wheat. It is also called durum. However, the latter is not so easy to find, and such a product is quite expensive. If you can afford it, you will surely find durum on the shelves of Mediterranean food in the supermarket. However, in the absence of it, you can prepare a product from ordinary flour.
2. There are many different options for the base for pizza: yeast, water, milk, salt dough, fresh or puff. It all depends on your taste preferences. However, if you still decide to cook Italian pizza correctly, that is, following the classical canons, use the above two types of flour for this: white, durum. Also add water, dry yeast, refined olive oil and salt to taste. Then knead the dough thoroughly with your hands and let it brew for about an hour and a half in a warm place.

   After that, roll it into a thin, no more than 8 millimeters thick cake and brush with olive oil. By preparing the product at home, you can make pizza in your own way. If desired, add chicken eggs, pasteurized warm milk or sour cream to the flour, you can even use cottage cheese. There are a lot of recipes! Only your inner culinary flair and your own experience will help you find the perfect combination, thanks to which your dish will become a masterpiece.

3. It would be correct to cook pizza in a special wood-fired oven, which is called "Pompeian" - this is how they do it in Italy. It has the shape of a dome, which allows you to evenly bake the product from all sides. Naturally, you don’t have such conditions at home, so you can cook pizza both on a baking sheet in the oven and in a pan with a thick bottom. Lubricate the bottom and walls of the dish with olive oil (you can replace it with sunflower oil), lay out the dough, put the filling on top and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. It all depends on the temperature - the higher it is, the less you keep the product in the oven.

   The optimum heat is 180-190 degrees. Also, the cooking time of pizza depends on the type of dough and the products that you use to fill it. If you are preparing a dish for the first time and are afraid to burn it, then bake the base for 5-10 minutes, then lay out the “insides” and bring it to readiness in the oven (about another ¼ hour). Thus, the dough will be crispy and golden, and the filling will not burn.

4. Today, a closed pizza has gained considerable popularity all over the world, in which the filling is located between two layers of the cake. It is absolutely easy to prepare. To do this, make a classic dough (durum and white flour, olive oil, water, dry yeast and table salt), let it “approach” warm, and then divide it into portions - roll it into two thin circles. Spread the bottom one with ready-made sauce (buy in a store or make it yourself), put sausage, ripe tomatoes or other ingredients on top, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and cover with a second tortilla - moisten a little the edges with water and secure. To make the product ruddy and crispy, rub it with olive oil, poke a few steam holes with a fork and bake for 30 minutes. The optimum temperature is 200 degrees.

Cooking a closed or regular pizza, yeast or puff is a personal matter for everyone. Study the recipes, experiment with the ingredients, and choose the one that works best for you. In this case, it will not be necessary to doubt every time whether the dish will turn out. To prepare the product correctly, it is not enough just to follow the recipe - this is only half the battle. The main thing is to have fun doing it!

Sauce as a component of the right delicious pizza

Italians smear pizza with homemade sauce. To do this, tomatoes, all kinds of spices and spices are used. You have two options - make your own dressing or buy it from the store. To make the product juicy and tasty, you can spread the dough with a ketchup mixture in half with mayonnaise or cook a fragrant sauce. Let's share some tips.

A classic of the genre is tomato sauce for pizza. There are a lot of options for its preparation. Often they differ only in the composition of spices and herbs. Today in any store you can buy a jar of a special mixture, but it is better to cook it yourself. So you definitely won’t spoil the pizza with the wrong “grease”.

1. So let's make the tomato sauce. To do this, cut one kilogram of ripe juicy tomatoes into medium-sized quarters, put them in a deep plate, salt at your discretion and leave for 24 hours. Then drain the juice that the vegetables let out, boil the pulp over low heat; so that the skin is separated - wipe through a colander or sieve. Stirring constantly, cook the puree until thick. When it reaches the desired condition, add Italian pizza spices and boil for another three to five minutes. You can use fresh basil, scented rosemary, even cumin will do. Now cut the onion into thin rings, mix with chopped garlic and add both ingredients to the tomato sauce - throw a pinch of table salt and boil for about ten minutes.
2. You can prepare dressing using any products. There are recipes for sauces based on cream with fresh mushrooms, dairy, liquid or, conversely, thick, with the addition of eggs and other things. We suggest trying pizza with English sauce - it's insanely delicious! Heat 500 milliliters of low-fat kefir over low heat, add 75 grams of fresh white bread, which is pre-grated on a fine grater.

   Melt 60 grams of butter and peel a large onion (do not cut) - combine with kefir mixture and put on a quiet fire. Stirring constantly with a spoon, cook for 10 minutes. After that, take out the onion, and beat the finished dressing with a special whisk or blender - add 120 milliliters of warm cream. This sauce is the perfect complement to meat pizza with boiled beef or chicken.

3. Today, in the modern world with its frantic pace, many housewives do not always have enough time to prepare a dish, completely following the recipe. If your loved ones ordered pizza, and you are in a hurry to do something, use small tricks that will allow you to shorten the cooking procedure by a few minutes.

   For example, grease the cake with ordinary ketchup with mayonnaise or buy a special ready-made dressing. Instead of mayonnaise, you can make a mix of sour cream with mashed boiled chicken yolk by adding one teaspoon of tea mustard. You can cook with regular mustard or replace it with grainy. In this case, the sauce will turn out much more aromatic.

Prepare pizza dressing correctly, given its filling. For example, a white sauce is more suitable for a dish of mushrooms and chicken, and an Italian-style meat tortilla with pieces of pork, Parma ham and grated Parmesan will taste better if you add it with a fragrant wine mixture. Consider this feature!

About the variety of pizza toppings

Pizza is an absolutely versatile dish that is served with wine, juice and other drinks. There is even a children's version of such a product - sweet pizza. Therefore, before preparing the filling, think about where, with whom and for what reason you will eat this product. For example, to welcome guests, it is better to make an exotic pizza with seafood, and for a regular family dinner, use more economical ingredients: smoked sausage, delicious ham and mushrooms.

Speaking of the Italian flatbread, we cannot but mention a variant of the dish called "Margherita". This pizza is served in all specialized restaurants. The highlight of the product is the filling, which includes red tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh green basil; the filling is selected according to the colors of the flag of Italy. Do you want to cook it? Then peel the tomatoes.

To do this, fill them with boiling water and let stand for a while, then pour over with cold water - you can easily free the vegetable from the skin. Now cut the flesh of the tomatoes into small cubes, chop the garlic and put the ingredients in a heated pan with olive oil - put the basil leaves. Simmer until thickened, then pepper and add salt to taste. Keep on low heat for a couple more minutes, then cool. Lubricate the prepared pizza tortilla with the prepared sauce, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and Mozzarella. Put in the oven for 25 minutes. Properly cook this dish at a temperature of 190 degrees.

Regular pizza topping

A festive version of seafood-themed pizza can be made from smoked, salted or boiled fish. Assorted shellfish, squid, shrimp, crab meat and even caviar are also ideal. When making a regular pizza for a family dinner, use canned tuna. First, peel a few large ripe tomatoes. To make the peel easier to move away from vegetables, pour over the tomatoes with boiling water, and then with cold water. Then cut the pulp into small cubes, crush two cloves of garlic, finely grate the Parmesan.

Put the finished filling on the dough, previously greased with sauce or sprinkled with olive oil. Salt and add freshly ground black pepper. Put canned tuna cut into small pieces, pitted olives and onion cut into thin half rings. Sprinkle with parsley and grated cheese. Send the product for half an hour in the oven. In order not to burn the pizza, set the temperature to 180 degrees.

Festive “Okonomiyaki”

For a festive feast, you must admit, pizza with sausage, sausages or standard pizza with mushrooms is not very suitable. Something out of the ordinary is needed. Therefore, if you want to surprise your guests, try making Japanese pizza - Okonomiyaki. Surely none of them have tried this dish. So, properly boil 200 grams of special noodles, for this, follow the instructions on the package. Cut boiled squid and seaweed into small pieces. Then chop 100 grams of sea shrimp, sweet onion and grate the cheese on a medium grater. It is better to use elite varieties, such as Parmesan, Mozzarella or Edam. Combine all the ingredients in a separate bowl, mix and add the tuna cut into thin strips.

In Japan, they use fresh fish, but you can use canned fish. Making the dough for such a pizza is a pleasure! Beat with a mixer, blender or a special whisk one chicken egg, a glass of warm boiled water, three tablespoons of sifted wheat (highest grade) flour. Then add the finished mixture to the already chopped products - mix. After that, pour everything into a well-heated pan with a thick bottom - put thin slices of boiled pork on top and fry Japanese pizza on both sides. Serve the dish, having previously divided it into equal squares and sprinkled with nori. Soy sauce is the perfect accompaniment! We are sure that the joy of the guests will not be the limit!

Little joys for kids

All children love sweets and will never refuse pizza. We offer to combine both of these attachments in one dish - sweet pizza. Usually, soft soft Mascarpone cheese, dried or fresh fruits (apples, pineapples, bananas, etc.), various nuts and raisins are used for its filling. To prepare such an unusual dessert, make a yeast dough. To do this, knead 15 grams of dry yeast in a glass of warm water, salt and add two tablespoons of olive oil. Mix the resulting mixture well with a whisk and pour into a deep bowl with pre-sifted wheat flour (you will need half a kilogram), then knead everything thoroughly, cover with a thick towel and leave for 45 minutes.

When the dough has risen, knead it again and again let it brew. Then roll out the base into a thin layer and place on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. In order not to subsequently divide the pizza into pieces, you can make many small cakes about 10 centimeters in diameter. Brush each serving with Mascarpone and top with pre-soaked sweet figs, golden raisins, crushed nuts and brown sugar. You can cook a dish from several varieties of nuts: pine nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts. So it will be much tastier. Bake the product at 200 degrees for no more than 20-25 minutes. All kids will love this pizza. It can be given to children with milk for lunch or afternoon tea.

You always have the opportunity to use your imagination, intuition. But at the same time, follow certain rules that are the basis for preparing a delicious dish. We hope the above recommendations will help make your life tastier! Good luck!

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Pour a pound of wheat flour into a large container. We need the most common wheat flour, but the main thing is that the protein in it should be at least 13%. Add there 15 g of salt, 7.5 g of sugar (the ratio, as you noticed, 2: 1), and 40 g of olive oil. Better not even extra virgin, but refined, so that the dough does not smell strongly and does not taste bitter. Then pour 250 ml of water at room temperature into the mixture and start kneading - you need a mixer with a hook attachment. The dough must be kneaded at low speed. Already after the start of kneading, you need to add yeast. But they cannot be added together with salt, then they will not begin to work in full force. Therefore, first stir the dough until smooth so that there are no lumps, and only then add 3.75 g of yeast there and continue kneading until the dough becomes elastic. Why low speeds are needed: so that the temperature of the dough does not increase too much during kneading. We need it not to heat up above 22 degrees, otherwise the yeast will start to work quickly, the dough will become sour, and it will not be very good.

2.

After five minutes of being in the mixer, the dough is ready. Many people add dry aromatic herbs to it, but you can’t overdo it with this, otherwise the dough will start to dry out - the herbs will take water into themselves. Or, if you want to add them, you can slightly increase the volume of water. After the dough is ready, we need to knead it slightly, bring it into a homogeneous state. Divide the dough into pieces weighing 200 g: this is just right for pizza, suitable for the size of a conventional home oven. If you have a very small one, you can form a ball weighing 150 g or even 120 g: the main thing is that the pizza comes out very thin.

3.

Shape the dough into a pizza ball. From the total volume of the test, we got about four such balls and another small piece. Spread this dough in the most ordinary plastic bags to let the yeast begin its work. Cling film is not suitable for this, it will tear when the pizza ball starts to grow. Set the dough aside for an hour and a half.

4.

The readiness of the dough can be checked with a chef's needle, which shows the temperature of the product: it should be 23 degrees. If you do not have such a needle, then you will still understand whether the dough is ready or not - it will noticeably increase in volume. Now you can start rolling out the dough.

5.

Let's make the margherita pizza first. For this we need mozzarella and tomato sauce.

Mozzarella must be taken hard, with a fat content of not more than 40%, otherwise oil will drip from the finished pizza. No need to grate mozzarella. Cut it into pieces the same thickness as the dough, so that the cooking time of the dough coincides with the melting time of the cheese. If you follow this rule, then the mozzarella will stretch, and everyone is always just waiting for this. Mozzarella stretches when it does not boil. As for tomato sauce: I do not recommend taking regular tomato paste, I advise you to take ready-made tomato sauce for pizza, in which herbs have already been added. Who does not like it - you can buy just tomato, without herbs. And ordinary tomato paste has a lot of acidity, and this can lead to heartburn.

6.

Sprinkle flour on the table. Remove the dough ball from the bag. It is better to roll out the dough with your hands, but if you can’t, take a rolling pin. True, this is not very good - the carbon dioxide that you have collected in the dough will go away after using the rolling pin, which is great for focaccia, not for pizza. So stretch the dough into a circle with your hands, it's easy: first knead it, making the pizza ball flat, and then stretch it from the center to the edges. Stretching will be easier if you hang the edge of the circle off the table and expand it while moving clockwise along it.

After you have formed the pizza base, let the dough rest for a minute. After that, stretch the dough a little again and rid it of excess flour.

7.

Take a wooden cutting board and dust it generously with flour - this will replace the pizza shovel. Put crust on it: this is the name of the pizza base after the pizza ball is rolled out.

8.

Spread one and a half tablespoons of pizza sauce evenly over the crust.

9.

Arrange the cheese on the pizza so that it is on each future piece. Here's an easy way: first lay out the cheese crosswise, and then add pieces to the sectors between the resulting lines.

10.

Of course, it is best to use a pizza stone for baking, but if it is not there, it does not matter. Take a regular baking sheet, wrap it with parchment, turn it upside down and put it in the oven.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Best in convection mode, with bottom and top shadows on; this is necessary to increase the heating zone.

Carefully transfer the pizza from the board to the baking sheet and let it bake for 5 minutes.

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Remove the finished pizza from the oven, transfer to a plate and bring to the table.

12.

The pizza is ready, you can already eat it, but it is better to add a little more dried herbs. Take, for example, a ready-made mixture of "Italian herbs" or oregano - and sprinkle on pizza.

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Cut the pizza into eight pieces. Check its readiness - the tip of the piece should stand straight, not fall off.

14.

You can make more pizzas with the leftover dough. For example, with chorizo ​​and tomatoes.

Cut the sausage into thin slices (15 g is enough for one pizza), and the tomatoes into slices 1.5 mm thick.

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Proceed with the ball of dough in exactly the same way as with the previous one: take it out, knead it, form a circle and put it on a board sprinkled with flour.

Everyone loves pizza - both adults and children. But many housewives do not dare to cook it at home: they are afraid that the dough will not work out. I know for sure - until recently, I myself did not even want to hear about it, until I was persuaded to take a chance and try out this pizza dough recipe like in a pizzeria.

By the way, I got the following recipe for pizza dough like in a pizzeria from the chef of a chain of Italian restaurants in our city, so my expectations to get real pizza dough as in a pizzeria came true. To say that I was satisfied with the result is to say nothing: thin pizza dough like in a pizzeria is prepared very simply, but it turns out really tasty!

I'll tell you a secret: this pizza at home with yeast is a thousand times tastier than in a pizzeria. As you understand, the filling for homemade pizza can be different, but in my family one of my favorite options is with ham, hunting sausages and mushrooms. Hearty, tasty, appetizing - a great dinner in the family circle!

Ingredients:

For 2 pizzas with a diameter of 20-22 cm:

For pizza dough like in a pizzeria:

• 200 g flour;
• 100 ml water at room temperature
• 2 tsp dry yeast;
• 1 st. l. sugar (no slide);
• 0.5 tsp salt;
• 1 st. l. olive oil.

For sauce:

• 4-5 tomatoes in their own juice (no skins)
• 1 st. l. tomato paste;
• 1 tsp dry Provence herbs;
• 1 tsp olive oil;
• salt to taste.

For filling:

• 4-5 champignons;
• 100 g of ham;
• 4-5 pieces of hunting sausages;
• 150 g hard cheese.

For decoration:

• Greens (parsley, basil, green onions).

How to make pizza at homelike in a pizzeria

First of all, we prepare the dough for Italian pizza like in a pizzeria. Sift the flour and pour into a container in which it will be convenient to work with a mixer.

Add dry yeast to flour.

Now it's time for salt and sugar.

Add unscented olive oil.

And mix everything with a mixer.

Then add water and again work with a mixer.

This completes the mixer. Take the dough out of the bowl and form into a ball with your hands.

Now get ready - you have to work hard. In order for the dough to be elastic and not sticky to your hands, it will need to be kneaded for 7-10 minutes. It is in kneading with your hands that the secret of thin dough for pizza, like in a pizzeria, lies.

Now you need to send the dough for proofing. We choose a container (I have a plastic container with a lid), large enough in size - after all, the dough will double in volume. Lubricate the bottom of the container with a little olive oil and put the dough into it. We cover the container with a lid or a towel and put it in a warm place, protected from drafts. In the summer I send the pizza dough to the balcony, and in the winter in an electric oven heated to 30-40 degrees.

At this point, the pizza adze can be frozen if you want to make pizza another day and don't want to mess around with the dough. Divide the dough into two parts, wrap each part in cling film and send the freezer. Before cooking, remove the dough and thaw at room temperature. You can use the "defrost" mode in the microwave or oven. After defrosting, the pizza dough will “fit” and be completely ready for further work.

After 40-50 minutes, the pizza dough should rise properly.

We divide our pizza dough into 2 parts.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a circle with a diameter of about 20 cm.

We mix all the ingredients for the sauce: chopped tomatoes without skins, tomato paste, Provence herbs, olive oil. We try - if there is not enough salt, then add it.

With a spoon, spread the sauce on the dough, retreating slightly around the edges.

My mushrooms, cut into plates and lightly fry in a pan with a little olive oil.

Cut the ham into thin slices.

We cut hunting sausages into rings.

Pizza is an extremely delicious Italian dish.

It is popular in many countries around the world.

The main advantages of this dish are ease of preparation, satiety and amazing taste.

Consider how and from what ingredients you can cook pizza at home quickly and tasty.

Not surprisingly, pizza can be found on the menu of most cafes and restaurants. Specialized establishments are popular - pizzerias, as well as delivery services. It will not be difficult to cook pizza at home.

There are many recipes for making dough, for every taste and financial possibilities. They differ from each other in components. You can make dough with yeast, yeast-free, with milk or water, with kefir, low-calorie for those who are on a diet. Yes, despite the fact that this is a high-calorie food, it can be baked with a minimum content of fat and calories.

Test types

Real Italian pizza has a thin, soft dough. In our country, housewives sometimes bake with dough, the layer of which can reach 4-5 centimeters, which makes it taste more like an appetizing pie. Each option has a right to exist. Here are the basic recipes for kneading dough.

An easy way to make dough with yeast.

Components:

• 2 cups wheat flour of the highest grade;
• 20-30 ml of sunflower oil;
• fresh yeast 20 grams;
• salt, as well as sugar, 10 grams each.

Initially, you need to pour fresh yeast with warm water. You need to keep them for 10-15 minutes. Then pour them into a bowl, add flour, vegetable oil there. Mix everything thoroughly. At the end, put the bowl in a warm place and keep it there for about an hour.

A good hearty dough is obtained if you knead the dough with the addition of 100 grams of butter. Mix half a glass of milk, 20 grams of fresh yeast, 3 cups of wheat flour, salt, 1 egg and 100 grams of butter.

Soak fresh yeast in warm milk. Meanwhile, melt the butter. Mix all this and pour into a bowl where you need to pour wheat flour. Then add sugar and eggs. Mix everything and let stand for an hour.

The dish is baked for 20-30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

No worse than yeast dough is obtained without yeast. It is easier to prepare and not as high in calories.

The first option is yeast-free with the addition of kefir.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups wheat flour of the highest grade;
• olive oil 50 grams
• a glass of kefir (about 250-260 grams);
• salt, spices, sugar at discretion;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.

Pour the flour into a bowl. Pour kefir, olive oil, salt, sugar and eggs there. Mix the whole mass well. Let stand 10-20 minutes. Optionally, you can add a half teaspoon of soda, it will act as yeast.

To make crispy pizza dough you will need:

• wheat flour - 2 cups, only the highest grade is suitable;
• rast. oil (or olive) - 2 tablespoons;
• salt to taste, about 1 teaspoon.
• chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
• half a glass of milk.

Pour flour into a bowl, add salt, butter, milk, eggs. Thoroughly mix everything until a homogeneous consistency. If the substance is too liquid, add more flour. It is recommended to knead for 10-15 minutes.

The dough is crispy and very tasty.

The second version of the crispy dough.

Components:

• 6 grams of yeast (dry);
• a pinch of salt;
• half a teaspoon of sugar;
• 200 grams of plain water.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Yeast is advised to pre-soak so that they swell. The dough must be well kneaded. Next, you should leave it in a warm place for an hour and a half, during which time it will double in size.

After that, we roll it into a circle with a diameter of about 35 centimeters, put it on a baking sheet and grease it on top with olive oil, tomato paste, spices and sauces to taste. We put the baking sheet in a preheated oven at a temperature of 200 degrees for 5 minutes. Then we take out and lay out the rest of the filling and fry for 20 minutes.

Thus, the pizza will not be dry, it will not burn. But, at the same time, it will be tasty and crispy.

cooking options

There are many options for making pizza. It can be baked in the oven, in the oven, fried in a pan or even in the microwave. Italians make their signature dish in the oven, this is how it turns out not dry, with excellent taste. But if there is very little time, then you can go for a trick and fry it in a pan.

In the case of using a frying pan for baking, the dough must be yeast-free and thin, otherwise it will not fry. It is better that the dough was on kefir. In order for the pizza not to be raw, cook it under the lid. So it bakes well. Cooking pizza in a pan for 15-25 minutes. The temperature should be average.

A wide variety of pizzas can be prepared in the oven and oven. It is recommended to bake at a temperature of 180-200 degrees, for 20-40 minutes, depending on the thickness of the dough and filling.

Consider several recipes for making pizza at home.

Homemade with sausage and cheese

For cooking we need:

• 3 cups of wheat flour of the highest grade;
• half a glass of milk (about 125 grams);
• fresh yeast - 20 grams;
• rast. oil - 2 tablespoons;
• eggs - 2 pieces;
• sugar and salt in a teaspoon (about 20 grams).

This is for kneading dough. Yeast pour warm milk and let stand. In the meantime, pour flour, sugar, salt into a bowl, beat in eggs and pour yeast with milk. Add oil and mix everything well. Then let stand for about an hour so that the dough rises.

For the filling you will need:

• tomato paste;
• salt, sugar to taste;
• mayonnaise;
• hard cheese - 200 grams;
• processed cheese - 180 grams;
• smoked sausage - 150 grams;
• tomatoes - 3 pieces (medium);
• spices, Italian herbs;
• sweet bell pepper - 1 piece.

Roll out the dough into a circle or rectangle. Top with tomato sauce (water + tomato paste + spices + sugar and salt). The baking sheet must be greased with oil so that the pastry does not burn.

Everything is cut and laid out to taste. Hard and melted cheese is rubbed on top. At the end, you can grease in the form of a pattern with mayonnaise.

The easiest recipe

For test:

• wheat flour of the highest grade - 2 cups;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• kefir - 250 grams;
• salt, sugar.

For filling:

• tomatoes - 2 pieces;
• sausage (to taste) - 140 grams;
• hard cheese - 150 grams;
• Italian herbs, ground black pepper.

We knead the dough. It is yeast-free, so it only needs to stand for 10 minutes. Such pizza can be baked in the microwave, oven or just in a frying pan under the lid. The dough is made thin so that it is fried. Products are cut and laid out to taste. It is fried for 20-25 minutes, 5 minutes before readiness with grated cheese on a fine grater, pastries are sprinkled and then baked.

Margarita do it yourself

Margarita is famous all over the world. It is often ordered in cafes. It does not contain meat, so it is suitable for people who for some reason do not eat meat products.

Components:

• 700 grams of flour;
• 2 medium sized chicken eggs; if small - then 3;
• yeast can be taken any;
• half a glass of milk;
• 20 grams of vegetable oil;
• 10 grams of salt and sugar.

Yeast is poured with warm milk and stands for 10-15 minutes. In the meantime, add eggs to the flour, rast. oil, salt and sugar. Then pour the yeast with milk. As usual, knead everything and form a flat circle or rectangle.

For the filling you will need:

• tomato paste;
• 10 grams of salt and sugar;
• hard cheese (Russian or Dutch);
• medium-sized tomatoes, 3 pieces.

Tomatoes are cut, and the cheese is rubbed on a medium grater. Tomato paste must be diluted with water and mixed with sugar and salt. Lubricate the dough with this mixture.

The baking sheet must be oiled. Put grated cheese and tomatoes on top, sprinkle with salt, seasoning to taste. Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.

With ham and mushrooms

A very tasty and interesting option for preparing this pastry with your own hands. The dough can be made with or without yeast.

First you need to soak the yeast in water. Then mix 3 cups of flour with 2 eggs, salt, sugar and yeast. Mix the dough thoroughly and knead. It turns out elastic dough.

We form a circle. And grease it with vegetable oil and tomato paste. Crumble grated cheese on top. First you need to finely chop the mushrooms (champignons are good) and fry them with onions in vegetable oil. We put mushrooms and onions on top of the cheese, and then ham. You can also add grated cheese on top if you like. Such pizza is baked at a temperature of 180-200 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

There are still many different ways to make this delicious Italian dish - pizza. The combination of the filling varies, it can be the most diverse. The world-famous primordially Italian pizza is Neopolitan (with salami). To cook it in Italy, you need to have a certain skill and skill. Hawaiian, Hunting, Barbecue, Vegetarian, Meat, with seafood, 4 cheeses are popular. Some of them are prepared using very hot sauces and seasonings, spices.

A very interesting combination of filling components for Hawaiian pizza is chicken fillet, pineapple, cheese. Thanks to pineapples, the dish is juicy, with a sweet twist. Barbecue pizza is prepared with different sauces and types of sausages.

4 cheese is not rich in components, but also very, very tasty. There are no vegetables, no meat.

And now consider 2 pizza baking recipes for those who follow their figure and appearance.

The secrets of low-calorie pizza lie in the right dough and toppings.

First way

For the test you need:

• wheat flour (durum varieties) - 2 cups;
• regular eggs - 2 pieces;
• low-fat kefir - 250 grams;
• Italian herbs.

Mix all the ingredients and form a ball of dough. We knead it well and make a circle. The baking sheet does not need to be lubricated with vegetable oil, just lay it on foil or similar baking material.

For the filling you will need: chicken fillet, which must first be boiled, spices and herbs, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, sugar-free tomato paste and pineapples. Everything is cut and laid out. The pizza is baked in the oven.

This pizza is tasty and healthy.

The second cooking method

The dough can be kneaded according to the previous option. Or, if there is no kefir, replace it with plain water.

For the filling, you need to take veal, low-fat cheese, bell pepper, sauces and spices. Everything is baked at a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes.

This is a very healthy food with a minimum amount of calories and fat.

The most successful filling combinations:

• chicken fillet + pineapples + tomatoes;
• mussels + shrimp + Philadelphia cheese;
• cheese + bell pepper + onion;
• sausage + bacon + ham + cheese;
• cheese + tomatoes + processed cheese;
• mushrooms + ham + tomatoes;
• veal + cheese + tomatoes;
• rabbit + cheese + olives;
• salami + tomatoes + cheese + olives;
• olives + chicken fillet + cheese.

Conclusion

Pizza is a versatile dish. The secret of its popularity is simple - a variety of fillings, simplicity and speed of preparation, satiety and incredible taste. Anyone can cook it, even if there is absolutely no culinary experience. It also has the advantage that an oven, microwave oven, oven or skillet is suitable for baking.

Interestingly, a standard serving of pizza (about 250 grams) has about 500 calories. However, if you cook according to the recipes described above, the calorie content is reduced significantly. And now it can be eaten by girls and women who are worried about their figure and weight.

Therefore, before ordering pizza at home or going to a restaurant, cafe, think carefully. Is it worth paying extra money if you can cook no less delicious pizza at home. The whole family can be involved in the process. And make it a tradition. You will definitely like it, because you have an interesting time with relatives, choose the filling yourself and control the number of calories, if necessary. In addition, this is a significant financial savings.

Italian cuisine is one of the most popular in the world. Perhaps her most famous dish is pizza. This truly Italian dish is now, without exaggeration, the most popular type of snack. Almost everyone has tried this stuffed pie at least once and is unlikely to remain indifferent.

Pizza is loved by the vast majority of people, it will be a great choice for a children's party, a family dinner, a picnic or a snack at work. Undoubtedly, now there are many cafes involved in the manufacture and sale of this dish. But the right, authentic Italian pizza can not be found everywhere. But what's stopping you from doing it?

Pizza at home

Undoubtedly, a special oven is used to bake pizza in specialty restaurants. But even at home, in the oven, such a pie (and pizza is actually an open pie) will come out no worse. But it is worth noting that it is very important to use fresh quality ingredients, otherwise the finished product will be spoiled.

Only from your own oven does the dish turn out to be deliciously delicious and only with the products that the author wanted to put there. However, the main thing here is to know some secrets and subtleties.

homemade pizza recipe

First, let's find out what pizza is. This is a pie made from yeast dough, smeared with tomato sauce, with cheese and all kinds of toppings. Modern cooking has a wide variety of pizza recipes. And the key ingredient in pizza is the dough, everything else depends on its quality. It consists of yeast, flour, sugar, salt and olive oil.

How to prepare pizza dough?

To prepare a thin dough, take 350 grams of wheat flour, a tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of dry yeast, 1 tbsp. l. sugar and salt, 250 ml of water.

Place yeast and sugar in a bowl and mix with 4 tablespoons of water. Leave for 15 minutes in a warm place, the mixture should “foam”. Mix flour with salt, add olive oil, remaining water and yeast mixture. Knead the dough with a wooden spoon. After that, put the dough on a table sprinkled with flour and knead for 4-5 minutes. After that, again put the dough in a container, cover with a towel and wait for half an hour. The dough should rise 2 times.

After that, lay out the approached dough on a flour surface and press it down with your fingers. Next, sprinkle the dough and rolling pin with flour, and roll it out. We fold the layer four times and roll it out again, giving the appropriate shape. For a thin cake, the thickness of the cake should be about 3 mm, and for a fluffy one - 6 mm. Lay the crust on a baking sheet or on a baking sheet.

Pizza crust can be either yeast dough or puff pastry. For the latter, you need to take 1.5 cups of flour, half a cup of water, 100 gr. margarine, a teaspoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt.

Pizza dough at home

We chop margarine with a knife, dissolve sugar, salt in cold water and quickly knead the dough so that it turns out smooth and shiny. After that, put the dough in the refrigerator for several hours. Then roll out the dough on the board 2-3 times, folding it 3-4 times each time. From the resulting cake, make a cake with a thickness of 1 cm, a diameter of 25 cm and sides of 2-3 cm.

Tomato sauce for pizza

Its basis is fresh tomatoes in summer and tomato paste in winter. For the sauce you need 4 cloves of garlic, 3 large tomatoes (or 3 tsp tomato paste or 6 canned tomatoes), olive oil, basil, sea salt.

Heat oil in a pan, add basil and minced garlic. After a few minutes, put the chopped tomatoes without peel, salt and simmer the mixture until smooth.

pizza cheese

Cheese is an integral part of pizza. For a classic pizza, it is better to choose aged Parmigiano. Goat cheese goes very well with meat-filled pizzas, chicken or bacon. But taleggio is suitable for vegetables or root crops. Pizza with tomato sauce and herbs is best sprinkled with ricotto cheese.

Hard cheeses (parmesan or pecorino) will melt well if grated on a coarse grater, while soft cheeses (mozzarella) can be cut into thin slices.

In principle, any home-made cheese, grated, which melts and stretches well, can be added to homemade pizza.

Pizza filling

As a topping for pizza, almost all products that are in the refrigerator are suitable. That’s why it’s good to cook a dish at home - you can put as many fillings inside as you like and what you want.

Pizza with sausage is the easiest recipe. It will require a minimum of products: cheese, tomatoes and, in fact, sausage. On the finished cake we lay out diced sausage, you can even doctor's, which is in almost every home. For taste, it can be fried in advance.

After that, lay out the chopped tomatoes and sprinkle with grated hard cheese on top. We put the future pizza in a preheated oven and after 20-30 minutes the dish is ready. By the way, the degree of readiness can be observed by the golden crust on the dough.

Pizza with mushrooms - a dish for an amateur. Mushrooms add a spicy flavor to the pie. For the filling of such a pizza, it is worth taking 300 g of peeled tomatoes, 400 g of ham, 100 g of hard cheese, 300 g of fresh mushrooms (for example, champignons), 2 cloves of garlic, a glass of white wine, salt and basil.

Cut mushrooms into slices and place in a heated pan. Add vegetable oil, chopped garlic and a glass of wine. Boil the resulting mixture for 15-20 minutes. After that, salt. The sauce is made as follows: fry the chopped clove of garlic in oil, scald the tomatoes, peel and cut. Put the crushed tomatoes in a pan, put the basil and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool the sauce.

Lubricate the cake generously with tomato sauce, put ham and mushrooms on it. Sprinkle with grated cheese and put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.

By the way, for the simplest pizza you need a minimum set of products - tomato paste, cheese and seasonings - for example, a mixture of peppers.

How to cook Neapolitan pizza at home?

For the dough you will need 500 grams of flour, 20 grams of yeast, 300 grams of warm water and half a teaspoon of salt.

Sift the flour into a container, make a hole in the middle, crumble the yeast into it and knead the sourdough from water and a small amount of flour. Sprinkle it with flour, cover and leave to approach. We wait until the starter starts to bubble. Knead the remaining water, salt, olive oil and sourdough into a dough. Knead until bubbles. Let's make two balls from the dough and make a cruciform cut at the top of each, cover and put in a warm place for an hour.

We spread the filling on the finished cake. Cut the tomatoes and cheese into slices, put on the dough, salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with coarsely chopped garlic and oregano, drizzle with olive oil. Pizza should be cooked in the oven at a medium level at a temperature of 240 degrees for about 15 minutes. Finished pizza should be decorated with basil.

Pizza Minute

If it is important for you to cook pizza in a few minutes, a minute pizza recipe will come to the rescue. Also, this dish will be a great choice for a quick breakfast.

Pizza in a pan in 10 minutes

Mix 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 4 tablespoons of sour cream and 9 tablespoons of flour (take spoons without a slide). The dough should be liquid, like sour cream. Pour it into the pan, add the filling on top. An excellent choice, for example, would be sausage or ham, canned mushrooms and olives. Put a layer of thinly sliced ​​tomatoes on top, sprinkle with grated cheese. Wait 10-15 minutes (depending on the amount of filling). The pizza is ready!

How to cook pizza in the microwave?

Cooking pizza in the microwave is 4-8 times faster than in the oven. At the same time, the taste and appearance remain on top. In addition, the dish bakes better in the microwave, even if the dough is thick. By the way, in this case, it is not necessary to make the top layer of mayonnaise or cheese, which usually protect the filling from heat.

However, before you start cooking such a pizza, you need to know a few secrets: the yeast dough should be melted less than usual, the dough should be made more liquid, and you need to put the pizza in a preheated microwave.

The editors of the site wish their readers bon appetit and new tasty and healthy recipes.
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