// with some fresh Mozzarella Cheese //
Ingredients:
Making Pizza Dough
- All-purpose flour – 2 cups
- Warm water – ½ cup
- Granulated sugar – 1 tblsp
- Salt – ¾ tsp
- Yeast – 1 tsp
- Cold Pressed Extra virgin Olive oil – 2 tblsp
For Topping:
- Tomato Sauce/ Pizza sauce/ Tomato Ketchup – 2 tblsp
- Fresh Mozzarella Cheese – 1 cup (grated)
- Fresh Tomato – 1 (large, sliced)
- Fresh Basil leaves – 5-6 leaves (chopped)
- Cold Pressed Extra virgin Olive oil – 3 tsp
- Dried oregano – 1 tsp
- Freshly crushed black pepper – ½ tsp
- Salt – 1/8 tsp
- Grated Parmesan cheese – ¼ cup (optional)
Procedure:
- Preheat the oven to 450˚F
- Drizzle some olive oil on the Pizza pan and keep aside
- In a stand mixer bowl, add sugar and yeast into the warm water and keep it for 5 mins until the yeast gets activate.
- Later sieve the all-purpose flour along with salt into the milk mixture.
- Start the mixer at lower speed until all incorporated well
- Now speed up the mixer for about 8-10 mins until the dough attains the fine elasticity texture without tear apart
- Cover it with a lid/plastic wrap and keep it under any warm place and allow it to rise for about 40-45 min (ref pic)
- Degas the dough and divide the dough into two equal parts
- Take one part of dough at a time and start spreading the dough into the greased pizza pan (ref pic)
- Add some tomato sauce into the dough and spread it evenly (ref pic)
- Now add about half a cup of fresh Mozzarella cheese(ref pic) and add the sliced fresh tomato, chopped fresh basil leaves , dried oregano, freshly crushed black pepper and little salt
- Again top it over with the rest of Fresh mozzarella cheese and parmesan ( PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO) cheese along with some drizzle of cold pressed Extra Virgin OLIVE OIL (ref pic)
- Bake it for about 18-20 mins
- The super cheesy, tasty , fresh and Flavorful “TOMATO-Fresh BASIL PIZZA” is ready to serve; Serve hot
