How do you make a really good homemade pizza?

August 19, 2009 by admin · 13 Comments
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Ella asked:

My twins who are four and I really like pizza but I’ve found that the frozen pizzas at the stores can be lousy/dull, and ordering ready made pizzas from restaurants can get expensive. Does anyone have recipes for really good homemade pizzas?

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13 Responses to “How do you make a really good homemade pizza?”
  1. TheMaStEr says:
    August 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    with a phone and 20 dollars
    jkjk
    Some flour some water, make dough….
    heat the dough in an oven until it looks cooked
    spread on the cheese and sauce
    put back in oven
    whallah

  2. clairegirl4141 says:
    August 23, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    you can go buy a recipe book or search google….

  3. fjaguilar43 says:
    August 24, 2009 at 2:19 am

    you can buy the dough from pillsbury( however you spell it). it basically comes already shaped for you. here is the link.. then you can add your own sauce and topping.. when i open it, it is big enough to fold in half to make it a little thicker and stretch it out again.

  4. The Fat Man says:
    August 27, 2009 at 5:37 am

    Use bread dough.
    Cook tomato sauce with onion, garlic and oregano and what ever spices you like.
    Add what you like.
    Use the cheese you like.

  5. Great W says:
    August 28, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    make an ordinary base, as the instructions on the dough package say, and on top of it put the ordinary sauce and cheese. On that you can put whatever you find fits your taste or the average taste of whomever you are serving it to. Just heat it in the oven and it should be great. What really makes pizza great is the texture when you bite into it. to have a nice fluffy crust, put it on an oven tray in the middle rack. You can also use wax paper. To have juicy toppings, hide them under some cheese while it heats.

  6. mark says:
    August 31, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    It is sometimes cheaper to buy dough than to make your own. I can get pizza dough for 1.29 at a market but the cost of the yeast and flour add up to slightly more than that.

    Once you have the dough, the best results come from the following:

    1) a very hot oven (like 450f)

    2) a pizza stone

  7. MaMa2aCrazyBabyBoy says:
    September 2, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    The simple way of doing this without having to wait for the yeast to take effect and blah blah blah

    Buy a pizza dough mix, like Betty Crocker Pizza dough… All you have to do is add water! :)

    prepare the dough, add pizza sauce, add cheese, pepperonis and etc., throw it in a oven and your pizza will be ready in 10-20 minutes!

    This is the easy way of doing it with the kids! And they will enjoy the fact that they made it!

  8. mougni says:
    September 3, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Make dough with 1 cup of hot water per batch, olive olive, salt, and 1 packet of yeast per batch. Add flour until the dough is firm. Let dough rise for 1 hour.

    Make sauce with whatever tomatosauce you prefer and add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and oregano.

    Roll out dough, put vegie oil on the pan, and put rolled out dough on pan. Put olive oil on dough. Put sauce on dough. Put cheese on dough and whatever other toppings.

    Put pizza in at 450 for 12 or 13 minutes.

  9. cookingkay1955 says:
    September 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    This is really a good crust recipe. Though if you want a very big crust you need to double it.

    Thin Pizza Crust
    Crust will be firm and crispy, not soggy and
    soft, like many other doughs will produce.
    Prep. Time: 0:40
    Yield: 1 Pizza
    .25 oz. pkt. active dry yeast ( 2 1/4 tsp )
    1/4 tsp. granulated sugar
    3/4 cup 110 degree water
    1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 tsp. salt
    pizza sauce – of your choice, as needed
    shredded cheese – of your choice, as needed
    toppings – of your choice, as needed

    -Dissolve yeast and sugar in water; allow to rest for 8 minutes.
    -In a separate bowl, combine flour and salt.
    -Pour yeast mixture over flour mixture and mix well with a heavy spoon.
    -Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for 2 minutes.
    -Working from the edges to the center, press dough into a 12″ circle.
    -Place dough on a lightly greased pizza pan and stretch dough to edges.
    -Spread sauce over crust and top with cheese and desired toppings.
    -Bake in a 500 degree oven for 8-12 minutes, or until edges are golden.

    Notes: To answer the most frequently-asked question I receive about this recipe: No, the dough does not have to rise – if it did, it wouldn’t produce a thin crust

    I have 84 pizza recipes in my group

  10. person with a disablity! says:
    September 6, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    you could try bread doh if you like that quite nice and then put your choose of toppings

    i like home made pizza

    you could also try making tomato sauce.

    good look

    try this recipe

    Preparation time 1-2 hours

    Cooking time 10 to 30 mins

    Ingredients
    For the dough
    ½ tbsp dried yeast
    pinch salt
    pinch caster sugar
    200g/7oz wholemeal flour
    drizzle olive oil, plus extra for greasing
    150ml/5fl oz lukewarm water
    For the tomato sauce
    1 medium onion, finely chopped
    2 garlic cloves, crushed
    1 tsp dried oregano
    400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
    2 tbsp tomato purée
    freshly ground black pepper

    Method
    1. To make the pizza dough, place the yeast, salt, sugar and flour in a large bowl and mix together well.
    2. Mix the olive oil with the water in a jug, then gradually add to the dry ingredients, beating and mixing all the time to create a thick dough.
    3. Knead it with floured hands, until the mixture is smooth and elastic. This will take about ten minutes.
    4. Lightly grease a large bowl with olive oil and place the dough in the bowl. Cover with a tea towel and place somewhere warm (not hot) for about 30 minutes.
    5. Knock back the risen dough, by gently punching it back into the bowl, and leave to prove for another 30 minutes.
    6. For the tomato sauce, place all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth.
    6. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
    7. Roll out the pizza dough onto a clean, floured surface to about ½cm/¼in thick.
    8. Add the tomato sauce and spread out thinly and evenly across the dough.
    9. Add your topping from the choices below then place into the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown.

    Suggestions for pizza toppings

    Florentina
    50g/2oz spinach, steamed
    pinch fresh grated nutmeg
    1 tsp dried oregano
    25g/1oz low-fat mozzarella cheese, broken up
    sprinkle grated parmesan cheese
    1 free-range egg, broken into the centre of the pizza
    Hot and spicy
    100g/3½oz chicken breast, cooked and thinly sliced
    pinch cajun pepper
    red onion, thinly sliced
    2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
    25g/1oz low-fat mozzarella cheese
    1 tsp dried oregano
    Vegetarian special
    4 mushrooms, thinly sliced
    ½ green pepper, thinly sliced
    ½ red onion, thinly sliced
    25g/1oz low-fat mozzarella cheese, broken up.
    Mediterranean
    4 slices parma ham
    25g/1oz low-fat mozzarella cheese
    50g/2oz sun-dried tomatoes
    small handful fresh basil leaves
    8 black olives
    sprinkle parmesan cheese.
    Seafood
    handful prawns, cooked and peeled
    ½ can tuna, flaked
    4 anchovy fillets
    1 tsp capers
    8 black olives
    pinch dried chilli flakes
    25g/1oz low-fat mozzarella cheese

    good look have a nice time making

  11. carolynmercier says:
    September 8, 2009 at 5:00 am

    You can buy frozen bread dough and make a pizza crust out of it.
    Your sauce is a very important ingredient: Here’s the restaurant recipe-
    1 can of crushed tomatoes, it has to be the crushed.28 oz., 1 tsp. sugar,2 tsp powdered chicken base, 1 tsp oregano, 3 tbls parmesan cheese, 1 tsp oil. Stir this with a whisk.
    Important for a good pizza is a good quality pepperoni and a good quality mozorella cheese finely grated.
    Mushrooms and green pepper have to be cut very fine. If not they’re too over powering.
    Spread the sauce, not too thick, on the dough. Add slice pepperoni, green pepper, mushrooms and cheese. Bake at 475 for 20 min. Cheque underneath to see if your dough is a nice golden brown. Enjoy

  12. King Fisher says:
    September 11, 2009 at 8:10 am

    you and the twins should read instead of wasting time cooking these long a*s*d recipes. take and call pizza hut order a meat lover hand tossed medium pizza anda hand tossed vegetarian lovers medium pizza and while he’s on the way heat a third of a jar of ragu alfredo sauce put garlic, pepper and artichoke hearts in it. stir it bring it to a boil and turn off and add grated cheese. (I prefer jack) when the pizzas get there and they should be no more than $20.00 for both pour the alfredo cheese sauce over the top of the vegetarian and then turn over the meat lovers and make the two of them a sandwich. You will never complain about pizza again….. and it took what four minutes to make the sauce? Have a nice life find someone who will cook for you

  13. Adrianna D says:
    September 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Yes i do, i will give you my mothers recipe!

    If you have a bread maker this makes it SOO much easyer!

    The Dough:

    1 cup beer (Optional)
    1 tbsp shortening
    1 tbsp sugar
    1 tsp salt
    3 cups flour
    1-1/4 tsp yeast

    1.Mix all ingredients above together
    2. pre-heat oven to Dough setting
    3.roll out the dough round, or in a stone baking pan.
    4. put in oven after the dough setting is done
    6.put your topping on and put in until gold and brown under neath and on crust.

    Makes two 12 inch
    Makes one 14 inch pizzas

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