Assignment 20- Doug Vaughan

How to make pizza.

One of my most favorite things to make and eat is pizza. I usually eat delivery or frozen pizza but occasionally I like to make home made pizza.

First, you make the dough. Get bowl and pour 3/4 cup of warm water. Then add 2 table spoons of sugar, stir, and a dried yeast but don't stir and let it get foamy. After 10 min it should be foamy and add a teaspoon of salt, one table spoon of extra virgin olive oil, and plop on down 2 cups of flower. Mix it with the mixer or a spoon until its all mixed but not to much (have some flower still not mixed in the dough blob).Spray non-stick spray to the dough and but it back in the bowl with a towel over it. Now set the bowl aside in a warm place for it to kneed for about an hour, pass the time by making the sauce.

Now the sauce is a bit tricky because too much sauce is unhealthy and takes away from the flavor of the cheese and the crust. I like to start making my sauce with 6 oz. of tomato paste in a small pot above a medium heat stove top. Then add 3/4 cup of water, along with one teaspoon of basel, one teaspoon of onion powder, half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of regano, and half a teaspoon of garlic powder. Then whisk it until it looks like pizza sauce sprinkling in shredded parmasian every once in a while.

Now you competed the sauce and the dough is still kneading preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Then get out a 16 inch pizza pan and lightly spread over the pan about a table spoon of cornmeal. Then gently throw down the dough (if its done kneading) and start making it look like pizza by flattening and spreading it like fragile play dough. Leave a small thick lip on the edge for the crust. Then start spreading the sauce with the back of the spoon from the center to almost the edge leaving room for the crust. Then sprinkle shredded cheese across the sause followed by any topping you want. Then its ready to bake. I usually bake it till its nice gold-crispy color which is about 7 minuets. Let it cool and congratulations, you just created some Vaughan family pizza a recipe created by me 5 years ago. Enjoy