Homemade pizza (on a thin dough)
Homemade pizza from a pizzeria? It’s quite real. To make the perfect pizza in the most ordinary oven, it is important to remember the following: The dough recipe, sauce recipe, and toppings are not as important as the baking temperature. Italian pizza is originally cooked in a wood-fired oven at a temperature of 450-550 C for not more than 1 minute so that it has a crispy outside and a thin elastic crust. It is not easy to imitate a wood-fired oven with such high baking temperature at home; that’s why the following methods are used: heating up the oven to the maximum (250-300 C); using a special stone plate instead of a tray and heating it along with the oven. Bake pizzas on a stone for no longer than 10-15 minutes. Since I don’t have a stone, I bake on a metal tray, but at the highest temperature (250-300 C) in a very well heated oven to that temperature. It takes 10-15 minutes to bake, depending on the size of the patty. As soon as the sides of the dough are browned and the cheese is melted and bubbling, the pizza is ready. Remove it right away! It is important not to dry out the pizza, this often happens if you bake it at medium temperature (about 180 C) for a long time (20-30 minutes). The pizza dough is made according to the easiest recipe of the lean yeast dough with olive oil; the risen dough is not kneaded a second time, but is immediately stretched with the palms of your hands to the desired size. The rolling pin is thought to destroy the air bubbles in the dough, so it is not used. I do roll out the dough with a rolling pin, but I let the base air out for about 20 minutes so that the air bubbles can form inside again. To prevent the base of the pizza from becoming dry and greasy when baked, roll out the flatbread and place it on a lightly floured baking sheet (do not grease it, only flour). To ensure that the base does not become soggy from the excess moisture of the filling and sauce, laying dough in a baking pan, first of all side on which you will lay the stuffing, lubricate with olive oil, only after that distribute the sauce and stuffing. To make the pizza tasty and well-done in a short time do not overload it with ingredients, spread the cheese in small spacing.
Advice for cooking in modern ovens: When baking pizza in new modern ovens, use the oven manufacturer’s recommendations. See manual. Why it’s so important? Old domestic ovens are almost always a little leaky, and natural ventilation (convection) is provided during baking. In the old oven, simply set the maximum temperature of heating, warm up the oven itself well and the pizza will be perfect with dry, crispy crusts and juicy cheesy middles. Oven effect. Modern ovens are sealed so that when heated in a standard oven (classic top heating) the moisture does not evaporate and the pizza gets moist. The result is very different. Therefore, I recommend using the mode for baking pizzas, which is suggested in the instructions of your oven, it usually includes a powerful fan mode heating. I have a mode called Heating from below ventilation heating and the tray should not be placed in the middle, but closer to the bottom of the oven. Set the temperature to 220°C. The pizza is perfect, not soggy, very tasty!
- 300g (2 full cups) flour
- 2 ч.л. sugar
- 0,5 ч.л. salt
- 0.8 cup water (160 ml)
- 2 tbsp.l olive oil
- 1 ч.л. dry yeast
- 1 tbsp.л. tomato paste
- 3-4 tbsp.л. water
- 0,3 ч.л. salt
- 0,5 ч.л. sugar
- 1 ч.л. dried oregano
- 2 tbsp.л. extra virgin olive oil (to grease the dough)
This is to ensure that the yeast and sugar are evenly distributed in the flour, and the salt does not come in direct contact with the yeast t.к. will keep them from rising.
Grease your hands with any oil and knead the dough for about 10 minutes. The dough should be elastic, soft, moist and not dry. If the dough is a little too hard, mix in a couple more spoonfuls of water and a spoonful of oil.
We cover the smooth kneaded dough with a towel and leave it in a warm place without drafts for 1.5 hours (or until it doubles in size). The dough, for example, can be placed in a large saucepan with a lid, and the pan in a tub filled with warm water). Do not knead the dough after springing.
Make sauce. Put tomato paste (1 Tbsp.Dilute with water (4 tbsp.л.) until the consistency of thick tomato juice. Salt (0.3 tsp.л. Taste and season with salt and sugar (0,5 tbsp).л. of sugar), pour in dried oregano herb (oregano) 1 tsp.л. on top. Stir.
Pour the dough out of the bowl on a surface sprinkled with flour. There is no need to knead the dough additionally, roll out the risen dough directly with a rolling pin to a thickness of 0.5 cm. I make a rectangle for a whole tray, but you can divide the dough into 2 pieces and roll out 2 circles one after another.
Turn on the oven to maximum temperature (250-300 C). Bake pizzas in well-heated ovens at the highest temperatures. Prepare a baking tray: cover with foil and dust with flour. I do not recommend applying butter.к. Thin dough will be saturated with oil and will not bake, but will fry like a pie in a pan.
Place the pizza base on the baking tray. Brush it with olive oil (2 tbsp.л). This point is very important, oil the crust is necessary, otherwise it can get soggy from the sauce. If you do not have extra virgin olive oil, use scented vegetable oil. Let the dough rest for about 20 minutes, during this time the bubbles squeezed out by the rolling pin will regain their shape. Then go to the next step.
Grate the Parmesan on a fine grater directly onto the pizza. You should not overload the base with stuffing; it may not bake well and lose a lot of flavor. As the Italians say, for a good pizza it is enough to grease the base with fragrant olive oil and sprinkle oregano. It is not for nothing that one of the most minimalist pizzas in terms of toppings is the popular Margarita.
Bake the pizzas in a well-heated oven on a medium shelf at the maximum temperature (about 250-300 degrees) for 7-15 minutes, depending on the capacity of the oven. In my old oven, I bake for 12 minutes at maximum power. Once the sides of the dough are browned and the cheese is melted and bubbling, the pizza is ready. Take it out right away! It’s important not to make the pizza too dry, which can happen if you bake it at medium temperature (about 180 C) for a long time (about 20-30 minutes). Do not bake the pizza that long. In the original oven it bakes at 450-550 degrees in wood burning ovens no longer than 1 minute. IMPORTANT: For modern ovens (not old domestic ones): I recommend using the mode that is suggested in the manual for pizza baking, usually it includes a powerful fan mode. In my new oven this mode is called bottom ventilation heating and the tray should not be placed in the middle, but closer to the bottom. The temperature I set is 220C. Read the tip at the beginning of this post, in the introduction.
The pizza dough can be made with either fresh or dry yeast. Dry yeast is more convenient. You will need:
- Flour (two cups);
- Dry yeast. one bag;
- Vegetable oil. 2 tablespoons;
- Warm water. half a cup;
- A pinch of salt;
- granulated sugar. 1 tablespoon.
Take a bowl for the dough, pour warm water into it and add sugar and yeast. Let it stand for about 15 minutes. The yeast will rise with a “cap”. Then add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough. Grease palms with oil to prevent the dough from sticking to your hands. Knead for at least 10 minutes. Sometimes you need to add a little flour if the dough is a little runny. Let the dough rise. Put the bowl in a warm place (you can put it on a pan of hot water) and cover it with a towel. It will begin to rise. Knead it twice. Dough generally rises in half an hour to an hour.
how to bake a pizza in regular oven
Filling
While the dough is rising, take care of the filling. Everyone has their own preferences, but the constant ingredients in the toppings have always been cheese, tomato, ham or sausage. You can use mushrooms (lightly fried).
Pizza dough with yeast (as in a pizza parlor)
Dough ingredients Flour. 200 grams of dry yeast. Add 10 grams of sugar. 1 teaspoon Water diluted by half with milk. 250 milliliters Salt. 1 pinch Olive oil. 1 tablespoon
Preparation of pizza dough like in a pizzeria Yeast: add 50 ml of water and let stand for 20 minutes. Sift the flour and add the salt, sugar, olive oil, water and yeast mixture. Knead the pizza dough for 10 minutes, cover and leave for 20 minutes, then roll out into a half-centimeter thick circle.
Recipe for pizza dough without yeast
Dough ingredients Flour. 2 cups Butter. 200 grams Sour cream. 200 grams Salt. half teaspoon
Preparation of the yeast-free pizza dough Knead all the ingredients, leave for 20 minutes and roll out in a smooth circle about half a centimeter thick.
Recipe for pizza with kefir
Ingredients Kefir. 200 milliliters Chicken egg. 1 piece Sour cream and mayonnaise. 1 tablespoon each Soda. 1 teaspoon flour. 4 cups Salt. 1 teaspoon, no slice Sugar. A pinch of
Make pizza dough with kefir In a bowl mix egg, mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar and salt. A homogeneous consistency should be obtained. Pour the kefir into the mass, then add the baking soda and mix well again. Knead dough, gradually adding flour, until uncooked. Then roll the dough into a ball, place on a plate, cover with a damp cloth and leave for 15 minutes at room temperature. Then, the dough rolled out on a baking sheet should be pierced in 10 places with a fork.
Recipe for pizza dough with sour cream
Ingredients Wheat flour. 2 cups Sour cream. 1 cup Eggs. 2 Piece Butter. 2 tablespoons Sugar. pinch Salt. 1/2 ч. Spoonfuls
Preparing pizza dough with kefir Divide chicken eggs, sour cream, butter (it should be slightly melted before cooking pizza dough), sugar and salt in a bowl, mix well. Then, gradually add flour and knead the dough. Roll the dough into a ball, cover with a napkin and leave at room temperature for 40 minutes.
Cheese curd pizza dough
Ingredients Flour. 0.7 cup 9% cottage cheese. 200 grams Egg. 1 Sugar. 2 teaspoons Salt. half teaspoon Soda. Quarter teaspoon Lemon juice. 5 drops
How to make curd dough for pizza 1. Place 200g of the cottage cheese in a bowl. 2. Dissolve 1 egg in the cottage cheese: pound the shell with a knife and separate the two halves of the shell, releasing the egg white and yolk. 3. Add half a teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar to the cottage cheese. 4. Squeeze 5 drops of lemon juice into a soup spoon with a quarter teaspoon of baking soda and mix together with the rest of the ingredients. 5. How to mix together all the ingredients. 6. Add 1 cup of flour and knead the dough. 7. Place the dough in a bag and leave for 40 minutes in the refrigerator. 8. Roll out the dough, place in the form, bake for 12 minutes at 220 degrees. 9. Place any toppings on the pre-baked dough and bake the pizza until ready to serve.
In order to make a perfectly round edge to the pizza, you can use a plate, a pan, or a round baking dish. they serve as a mold for piecing.
The pizza rim can also be made edible by wrapping slices of cheese or sausage in it. The crust will look tastier if you brush it with olive oil or a beaten egg.
You can do without a rim (especially if the pizza is baked in a rectangular shape), but then the filling on the sides should not be too wet, so as not to stick to the walls of the form.
If the pizza is made on a thin yeast dough, you can leave the rims untwisted, since the rims will rise due to the yeast.
How to cook pizza in the oven: at what temperature to bake and how long to keep?
Such problems are unknown to those who have a special mini pizza oven with a stone surface at home. Uniform and strong heat comes from the bottom as well as the top, the pizza bakes like in Italy: in minutes, fast and high quality. The dough is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Lucky, in this sense, and owners of modern ovens, where in addition to the temperature scale on the panel marked with special modes. Even if you are baking pizza in the oven for the first time, it is enough to look closely at the dashboard or, at least, to find (in a kitchen drawer or on the Internet) the user manual.
But what to do if there is a conventional stove with an oven in the kitchen? Or an electric oven from time immemorial? How to bake pizza in the oven on the tray to get great results. We’ll have to use our wits and experience, the son of errors. Let’s start by listing all the factors that determine the result.
The pizza, how it will be? Possible answers:
- From yeast dough,
- With puff pastry,
- On a previously made (or store-bought) frozen base,
- of evenly thick or thin layers of dough,
- the classic shape: with thick crusts to hold a slice of pizza and a thin crust in the middle filled with toppings
- all filling products react to temperature in the same way? Or there are some particularly sensitive ones?
The oven raises about the same number of questions. It’s a standard size? Or it is an electric mini oven, with closely spaced upper and lower heating elements? Or the oven of a gas stove with lower heat?
A combination of options will tell you the right answer. We’ll just point out a few possible simple solutions
Italian pizzas bake quickly and at high temperatures. If you want to make it as close to the original as possible, do the same: Preheat the oven and the baking tray to 220-240ºС. for yeast dough and up to about 200ºWith for pizza on puff pastry.
Cook your first pizza on a uniformly thick (or thin) base without thick edges: it’s easier to keep track of baking quality. In about 10 minutes at maximum temperature, a pizza placed on a hot baking tray will bake and the toppings will not have time to dry out.
Try to exclude optional conditions at first. For example, the first pizza doesn’t have to be round. Don’t start with complex, multi-component toppings. Do not bake several pizzas on different tiers at the same time, especially if the oven is not equipped with a convection oven.
Maintain a reasonable balance between the thickness of the base and the amount (layer) of toppings.
To ensure that the dough bakes well and does not spoil from the juice or sauce, send the prepared pizza to the preheated oven immediately, do not keep it assembled on the kitchen table.
If you fear that the filling will burn or dry out, and the dough will remain raw in the meantime, divide the process into two parts: first, bake the base until semi-baked and only then garnish with sauce and the rest of the products and bring to perfection. You are much more likely to get a good result. This tip is also good if the pizza is cooked on a frozen base.
The toppings traditionally use foods that can be eaten without additional heat treatment. Most often cheese, sausage, ham, canned or fresh vegetables, herbs, tuna, anchovies. If you cook pizza with chicken or mushrooms, you must first boil the breast or stew the mushrooms. To heat, melt, and baste already cooked foods, 3 to 5 minutes in a well heated 200-220 oven is sufficientºС.
If you intend to have a lot of toppings, you can divide this process into two parts. Place the more delicate products on the already almost ready pizza a couple of minutes before it is ready.
8.If the ingredients in the filling differ significantly in cooking time, try to manage this discrepancy by cutting: fast foods are larger and vice versa.
9.The longer leavened pizza dough is allowed to stand, the better it will bake The indicated in the recipes one and a half to two hours for the live yeast. it’s the minimum time. If you cook the dough yourself, knead it in the evening and leave it overnight.
We hope these simple tips will help you find the best time and temperature for baking pizza in the oven. And become a true Pizzaiolo master in its preparation.
Pizza toppings
You can use almost any food that you have in the fridge as a pizza topping. That’s a good thing about homemade pizza. You can put as much or as little toppings as you want inside.
Sausage pizza is the easiest recipe. It requires a minimum of ingredients: cheese, tomatoes, and the sausage itself. On the ready-made crust put diced sausage, you can even doctor’s, which is available in almost every home. To flavor it, you can fry it beforehand.
After that we put the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle the grated hard cheese on top. We put the future pizza in a preheated oven and in 20-30 minutes the dish is ready. By the way the readiness can be watched by the golden crust on the dough.
Pizza with mushrooms. a dish for some people. Mushrooms add a spicy flavor to the pie. For the toppings on this pizza we should take 300 gr of peeled tomatoes, 400 gr of ham, 100 gr of hard cheese, 300 gr of fresh mushrooms (for example, champignons), 2 garlic cloves, a glass of white wine, salt and basil.
Cut mushrooms into slices and put them in a heated skillet. Add oil, chopped garlic and a glass of wine. Cook the resulting mixture for 15-20 minutes. Then season with salt. The sauce is made as follows: chopped garlic clove fry in oil, scald the tomatoes, remove the skin and cut into pieces. Place shredded tomatoes in the pan, stir in the basil and cook for about 10 minutes. Let the sauce cool.
HOW TO LEAVE THE PIZZA IN THE OVEN
Coat the cake generously with tomato sauce, lay the ham and mushrooms on it. Sprinkle with grated cheese and put it in a preheated 200 degrees in the oven for 20 minutes.
By the way, for the simplest pizza you need the minimum set of products. tomato paste, cheese and spices. such as a mixture of peppers.
Cooking a pizza on a pre-made base is a pleasure: quick, easy, delicious. We once posted a recipe for a quick puff pastry pizza. So, this pizza, on a pre-made base, to do even easier and faster: just lay the toppings and bake until the cheese melts. You can buy the base for pizza at any decent store, and the toppings are made of tomato sauce. It’s up to your imagination. See our photo recipe!
Ingredients for cooking pizza on a ready-made base:
We suggest this version of the toppings, but you can use other ingredients at your discretion and taste, such as sausage, sausage, mushrooms, bell peppers, etc.
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Recipe for cooking pizza on a ready-made base:
Defrost the pizza base at room temperature, smear it with ketchup.
Cut tomatoes into circles or half-circles.
Spread evenly on the pizza base first the ham.
Sprinkle ketchup and mayonnaise on the pizza. Grease the baking tray with vegetable oil and place the pizza on it, bake in the oven at 180 degrees for about 10-15 minutes until the cheese melts.
The pizza is ready to be baked on the prepared base! Sprinkle greens on top if desired.
How much to bake with flaxless dough?
Yeast-free dough is especially popular with hostesses, because it is absolutely easy to cook. It makes very tasty dishes and is healthier than yeast. These are the reasons why yeast-free dough is so relevant and used much more often in creating treats.
Layer of ready-made yeast-free pizza dough is light and almost imperceptible, so you can fully enjoy the toppings without worrying about high-calorie base.
Cooking time puff pastry
Pre-prepared frozen puff pastry makes it quick and easy to bake a host of delicious treats.
This dough is easy to prepare and is baked in a preheated oven at 230-240 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
At what temperature to bake the pizza. Cooking methods and recommendations
Almost all adults and children love delicious puff pastries. A dish like pizza can replace lunch or dinner. They are very filling and high in calories. But in order to cook it properly, you need to know at what temperature to bake pizza. The answer to this question depends largely on how you prepare the bake. Consider all the options.
The first way: pizza in the oven
What temperature should be in a preheated oven depends directly on the type of dough used. When making pizza, you can choose either yeast dough or puff pastry.
To prepare it, dilute a bag of yeast in warm milk or water and add the liquid to the flour. The dough should rise twice its original size. For this you need to put it in a warm place for about an hour. The base, prepared this way, turns out quite puffy and thick. It’s perfect for meat or vegetable toppings with sauce.
The oven must be preheated to 250 degrees. Bake the product for about an hour. Check readiness with a toothpick or matchstick.
At what temperature should a puff pastry pizza be baked?? Due to the fact that such a base turns out a little thinner, you can heat the oven less than in the first case, on average to 200 degrees. Baking time is also reduced and is 30-40 minutes.
Such a base would be ideal for vegetable and sweet pizzas.
The second way: pizza on a pan
If you do not have an oven. do not despair. You can make delicious pizzas in a thick-bottomed pan. In this case, you do not need to think about at what temperature to bake the pizza. You just need to preheat the oven rack and place the dough on it.
In this case, it is better to give preference to a yeast thick layer of dough. After laying the filling, cover the pan with a lid, then your pastry will rise evenly and will not become dry.
Another option: a pizza in a multicooker
Recently it has become quite popular to cook food in a multicooker. Baking is no exception. The good thing about this method is that the program sets the temperature all by itself, so you don’t have to worry about how much to bake the pizza at.
Place the toppings on the prepared base and place the product in the multicooker. Set the mode “Pizza” and wait for full cooking.
Advice
How long you bake the pizza depends on the dough, the size of the dough and the choice of toppings.
If you are cooking raw meat or minced meat, the baking time and temperature should automatically be increased. If the filling is already cooked, the cooking time is shorter.
Use different sauces to keep the pizza from drying out. We recommend sprinkling the top layer of toppings with cheese, so that the juice secreted by the toppings will not evaporate, but will soak into the base. The pizza cooked in this way will be flavorful and delicious.
Spread the filling evenly on the base, leaving only the edges empty. To prevent the filling from sticking, brush it with vegetable oil or butter before placing it in the oven. To prevent the bottom layer from sticking, sprinkle a thin layer of flour over the baking tray. You can also use foil or baking paper.
If the bottom layer does stick, separate it delicately with a thin but strong thread. Spread it between the dough and the baking dish.
Cook with gusto and choose any method you like. To understand which one is better, we recommend trying each one.
How long to bake pizza in the oven: rules, features of the dish
Yummy baked goods have conquered the hearts of adults and children alike, thanks to their rich flavor and heartiness. The most popular dish in this area is pizza, which due to its rich composition can replace several dishes at once. Housewives often bake it at home, adding secret ingredients and changing the recipe to suit. The time it takes to bake the pizza is the same. A lot depends on it: the appearance of the dish, its taste characteristics and the safety of individual ingredients.
Two kinds of dough are used for pizza: yeast dough and puff pastry. If it is frozen you should take into account that the base is very thin, which means that the baking temperature should not be too high (180-200 degrees). Puff pastry goes well with sweet or vegetable toppings and takes no more than 35 minutes.
Yeast dough doubles in size after kneading, which means it takes longer to bake. On average, it cooks for at least 50 minutes at 240 degrees. Yeast dough is used together with meat or sausage fillings.
Usually bake the pizza in the oven, but in some cases you can use the microwave for this purpose. How much time is needed in this case? On average, 10 to 15 minutes at 800 watts. But you have to take into account the specifics of the filling. If you only use cooked salami, tomatoes, cheese and sauce, you need to bake the pizza for about 5 minutes. Otherwise, you should increase the cooking time.
Some loaf ovens also support the function of baking pizzas, with their functionality all parameters are scored in advance, including temperature and time. This makes cooking much easier, because you don’t have to know how many degrees you’re baking at.
