Pizza Dough
April 26th, 2008 by chuck
I think if you asked 10 people what their top 5 favorite foods are. 8 out of the 10 would say Pizza is among the top 5. With over 350 slices of pizza being eaten every second and with the average American eating about 46 slices per year. It just shows the popularity of this tasty comfort food. Most people buy their pizza from the many Pizza joints that line our streets. They have no idea how easy pizza dough is to make and that it tastes much better than many of the Pizza chains out there. Once the pizza dough is made it only takes minutes to prepare.
This pizza dough is a favorite of mine. I use semolina in this recipe which helps to create the most delicious crust. It is a two day process but doesn’t take long each day. You can freeze the dough and take it out as you need it. Just throw it into the refrigerator the day before you want to have pizza. The filling is a 3 cheese with pesto. You could use any combination of cheese’s that you would like. For me, I love the flavors and texture of the ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella cheese and the wonderful aroma of pesto. Of course, you could also use a fresh tomato sauce, that would be delicious also. Just the other day my sister told me about a pizza she had that had ginger on it she said it was amazing. Maybe this is something I should try next time!
If you try nothing else from our blog, you really have to try this Pizza Dough and please come back to share with us what type of topping you put on yours.
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Wonderful! Homemade pizzas are just awesomely delicious and yours look terrific!
Cheers,
Rosa
picture perfect, chuck! i made pizza crust from a mix once, and it was probably one of the most vile things ever to come out of my kitchen. homemade is definitely the way to go!
Oh. My. Heavens.
Chuck … I want some right now!
Your pizza looks amazing. The cheese and crust are perfectly golden brown!
Chuck, this is a great recipe! I usually prefer a thin crust pizza and was wondering if rolling this dough thinner would work just as fine. I am assuming it would. I am currently dieting (no flour, sugar and etc):)) so I am saving the recipe for future! I can’t wait to try those sweet rolls you made, too.
Farida, it’s good to hear from you. Yes, you can make a thin crust. just as you said roll it out thin. It’s a wonderful recipe! Thank you for dropping by.
I had pizza for lunch today, with wild mushrooms, it was great, but your crust really does look awesome!
Pizza dough is one of those things I haven’t managed to master yet. I’ll have to try your recipe out!
Farida I’m Chuck’s sister and I help my brother with producing this blog, because of that I have the pleasure of eating all the wonderful breads he makes each week.
So last week when we made this pizza I was blown away with the crust, see, I’m a thin crust lover myself. I find thick crust too doughy, but this one tasted so good I think you’d be missing out on all that flavor if you made it too thin. Trust me, give it a try it’s amazing!
Seeing yr blog for the first time and I must say yr photography is AWESOME! Not to mention, SUPER STYLISH in a clean and sharp way…..and I am not one to give compliments easily. Fantastic work! I will be back just to drool!
This looks a heck of a lot better than the crappy pizza I had today at the Baseball snack shack! Just beautiful I tell you.
I wanna make pizza now!
When pizza turns out looking like this I just can’t imagine why people would want to buy it.
I have a couple that I like to use for pizza, but I’ll check yours out on our next pizza night.
I love arugula on pizza- as well as prosciutto!
What a lovely blog! Glad that I found it. Pizza – mmmmm, so good.
This site is amazing!!!
Can’t wait to try out pizza!!!
Chuck ~ WOW! You out did yourself on this pizza!
I need to make one soon with some homemade pesto!
Angela ~ You are an amazing photographer! Your brother should be worshiping you!
What a great team you make together!
Yum Yum Yum
This looks delightful.
I love visiting this blog, it’s so informative and inspiring – the downside I always leave feeling so hungry.
I cannot wait to try this pizza dough and the filling, too. I love pesto . . .
I really enjoy your blog, the photography is wonderful and the recipes are always inspiring!
I’m breathless – those are yummy looking pizzas!
wow! that looks sooo good!! love the variety of cheeses…yum!
Oh My God!! CHUCK that is all I can say… How I existed before your blog is beyond me… I can’t wait to try this out… Pizza is my Hubby’s fav food… He will die when I bust this out!!
This looks wonderful. The crust is so perfectly round and the toppings fit perfectly in that circle. Wonderful! I wish I could watch you bake!
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You have a beautiful blog! I’m so glad I stumbled upon it this evening.
this pizza crust looks soooo good! i use to work in a pizzeria and yours looks better than they’res did!! i’ll be making this!!
I generally use active dried yeast for my pizza dough. What is the quantity that u wud suggest for ur recipe? I don’t get instant yeast here. Is it better that the dried one?
This pizza looks positively whimsical! Are you blessed with a fabulously lit kitchen or do you have some strategic lighting set-up off camera