Does anyone here make their own pizza?

[ManBearPig]

I found a pizza making subreddit while looking through random subreddits, and now I want to try. Any good recipes?

Locking this thread, not because it's a repost, but because, ragu sauce for pizza? Blecch!
-Dr PIZZA

 

[Red Squirrel]

I've never actually tried making pizza before, but it's something I've been wanting to look into. I eat lot of pizza, and if I made my own it would probably be healthier.

 

[Dirigible]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2315613

Also: if you make pizza like I do, it's not going to be anywhere near healthy. Load a pie with four different types of cheese and it just ain't good for you. Delicious though.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Healthier, is the key word. It's still probably going to kill me from artery clogs, it just wont do it as fast. :biggrin:

You can also toss lettuce on top of it. It automatically transforms it into a salad. Salad is healthy. :biggrin:

 

[nboy22]

I make pizza with a pizza stone and it always turns out pretty good. I prefer it over buying red baron or digiorno because it just tastes more fresh to me. I even go as far to half-cook a few crusts off and throw them in the freezer so I can easily make one later without having to make the dough. I just make the crust in a sunbeam mixer and then use prego or ragu pizza sauce, kraft mozzarella cheese, and boar's head pepperoni. If you have more money to spend you can go to an italian deli and get all the ingredients and they will be more fresh, but more expensive. If you're interested PM me and I can send a crust recipe later, but right now I'm away from my recipe. My crust turns out thin and crispy (Would recommend to get a pizza stone and pizza paddle), but it also depends on how thin you spread it with the rolling pin. I'm still experimenting with the cooking time and I find that keeping an eye on it till the crust gets a bit brown is the best.

 

[EliteRetard]

Beer and Italian seasoning (rosemary marjoram thyme basil oregano etc) make for some fantastic crust. That and some corn meal. Thick, thin, dense, or fluffed, plain bleach bread is pretty nasty once you've had a real crust with flavor. I usually prefer crispy or thick/fluffy. I don't really like the dense crusts.

Last weekend had a chicken bacon with artichoke, onion, tomato, ranch, mozzarella, asiago, provolone, parmesan, romano, fontina, feta, I think there was garlic stuffed olives, uhh...other goodies, whatever looked good on there. Was about 8-10lbs of pizza 5-6" thick. I mix fresh shredded cheeses and then layer it between piles of meat and veggies, the fresh crumbled feta went on top.

I make a real pizza pie. Was good for 2 meals, dinner and breakfast.

 

[xSauronx]

i like making ribs, taking the meat from 2 or 3 and throwing them on some sharp cheddar and a little bbq sauce.

i also eat some ribs while its cooking, because i made ribs.

 

[Demo24]

Another good thing is to grill it. Also good if you throw in some hickory wood to smoke it. Can't put too many toppings on it though as it will cook very fast and the top may not get fully done. Also had trouble getting heavy pizzas onto the grill or other medium.

Also we tend to make many smaller ones as getting them into the big pizza shapes has proved troublesome. Usually I like to take one or two of these and put olive oil, sea salt( big granulars at least), and fresh rosemary leaves on it. End up with a pretty fantastic bread that's nice to snack on while making them.

 

[xaeniac]

Thin Pizza Dough
(enough for two pizzas)


Ingredients
4 1/2 cup flour (mixed a little wheat flour; do as you please)
1 package of yeast
1 tsp salt
1.5 cup of warm water (may need to add a little but do so sparingly)
1 Tbsp Sugar
3-6 tablespoons olive oil approximately


Method
Mix dry ingredients together. Mix warm water into mixture until it picks up most of the mixture and then add olive oil to finish the rest. Dough will be sticky. Add a little flour to hand so you can start kneading. Knead for 7-10 minutes (make sure to knead at least 5 minutes). Divide into two parts and roll into a dough ball. Put each ball into a bowl and cover. Let rise for 2-3 hours, it should about double in size. Now you are ready to roll the dough into pizza crusts. After rolling out poke holes in dough with fork. I always brush with olive oil on dough before topping. Top dough as you want. Bake on highest setting oven can go. I baked @ 500 degrees F for ~8-11 minutes. My recommendation is check @ 8 minutes and proceed from there as ovens do cook differently. Cooking times varies and one needs to check randomnly. Can go up to 15 minutes.

 

[brainhulk]

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