Homemade Pizza
This is more of a technique than a recipe. You can really make this one your own with whatever toppings you like. For this one we made a three cheese white pizza with sausage, bacon, roasted red pepper, broccoli, onion and fresh grape tomatoes. Give it a try and let me know your favorite toppings.
Servings: 1 large pizza
Ingredients
- 1 prepared pizza dough store bought or homemade
- olive oil extra virgin
- 2 sweet Italian sausage links casings removed
- 3 bacon slices
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1/4 red pepper roasted under broiler
- 2 garlic roasted cloves
- broccoli fresh steamed or frozen
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flake
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese grated
- 2 slices provolone cheese
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Let the dough rise on the counter. If using a store bought frozen dough I leave the frozen dough on the counter in the morning and it is ready by dinner time. The long rise time gives great flavor.
- place the whole garlic cloves in a skillet with a little olive oil on medium heat to "roast" the garlic. You can leave the paper skin on and let the garlic blacken slowly on the heat. When it is completely roasted the garlic will easily squeeze out of the paper skin. Chop the garlic and set aside for topping the pizza.
- while the garlic is roasting, place the red pepper under the broiler to blacken the skin. When the pepper is nicely blackened remove and wrap in a paper towel until cooled. Remove the blackened skin and cut into strips for the pizza topping. When you remove the pepper from the oven turn the oven to 550 degree with the pizza stone in the oven to preheat.
- After the dough has risen, press it out on a lightly floured counter to form a large circle (pie) for your crust. I use my finger tips to punch the dough down to a thin circle and then press it out to a circle that matches the size of my pizza peel. Spread some cornmeal on your pizza peel so that the dough will not stick. Set aside until you are ready to assemble the pizza.
- Brown the sausage and bacon. Crumble into small bite sizes; set aside for topping the pizza.
- Saute the onions and broccoli with a little salt, pepper and the crushed red pepper.
- Top the prepared crust with a little olive oil, oregano, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella and provolone.
- add the rest of your toppings evenly to the pizza. Bake on the preheated pizza stone for 8-10 minutes until the crust is browned and crispy.
- Slice into 8-10 slices. Enjoy!
Notes
You can change this up with any toppings you like. The pizza stone and peel make this just like a pie from the pizzeria. Add tomato sauce, olives, anything you want!