Anyone make there own Pizzas ?
Want to start getting in to making some pizzas with my daughter. Would anyone go as far to say that they can make a Pizza nicer than the Super markets ?
Would nice to hear how you exactly you make your pizza base etc :-) as am guessing this could take many goes at perfecting! so looking to learn some tips
Do I need to buy a bread maker for proofing the dough or what ever its called ! lol
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My flat did it a few weeks ago. It's definitely better than a typical supermarket pizza, although I wouldn't go as far as saying it was better than an expensive one, like the Pizza Express frozen pizzas.
We just made the dough ourselves from a recipe out of a book. Whacked all the ingredients in a bowl, mixed it around, then flattened it ourselves with a rolling pin, or in reality our hands and empty wine bottles. If I had the recipe I would pass it on, but I wasn't involved in that bit.
Point is, definitely worth a try, and you definitely don't need any specialist kit.
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jamieuk23
Would anyone go as far to say that they can make a Pizza nicer than the Super markets ?
Than the supermarkets? I'd be disappointed with anyone here who *can't* make a nicer pizza than you get in a supermarket ;) You don't need a bread maker - indeed they're not very good for making dough that won't be baked into a loaf.
Bread making is pretty straightforward: flour, yeast, salt, warm water. You can get dry active yeast that goes straight into the flour without any messing, and the yeast packet normally has a basic bread recipe on it that will work fine for pizza bases. The only thing you might want to think about is putting a big glug of olive into the dough when you add the water :)
An electric mixer with a dough hook is the best lazy way of mixing & kneading, but personally I just use an ordinary table knife and work the dough really well with it (like a manual dough hook!). There are whole books dedicated to the technique so I won't go into detail here - a google search should give you plenty of pointers. Leave the dough to prove for about 45 minutes for pizzas, then knead it for a few minutes, roll it out and push it onto your baking trays, then leave them to stand for about 20 minutes before putting your toppings on. It'll be by far the best pizza you've ever tasted :D
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well, you dont even need to make a pizze base. i quite like to put tomato puree, cheese etc on ciabatt cut in half, or any bread for that fact. Grill one side first then put topping on and grill that side too..
When you make youre dough aswell, if you make a bit more dough than you need, so you'll have a larger base than you want, you can put cheese round the edge(in rectangles) and fold the extra base over it and join the rest to make a stuffed crust too..
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Ok so if I dont need a bread maker, will leaving the dough at room temperature make it rise, or would I need to put it next to a radiator maybe ?
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A bit of additional heat can be helpful, yeah, although with the weather at the moment I doubt you'd struggle with a warm room.
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Found this guide from a guy who has been making pizzas for years and owns pizza shops, so would like to copy his recipei. Am confused all ready tho! lol just watch the first 10 seconds and when he is talking about the flour he says " 1 and 2 thrids cup of flour "..... So my question is how much flour is that exactly ? lol... a cup as in a tea cup or a mug ? or the FA Cup ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9BKXksqPgM
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A cup is a bit of a bizarre US measurement of volume, it's roughly 230-40ml but it's not exact. It's main use is so you can get the right proportions of ingredients without having to do any 'complicated' 'math' [sic].
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(pppssstt if it fails, then run down to Morrison's and get there £5 pizza's - they are cracking!)
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You can get Napolini pizza bases ready made, saves having to mess making the dough, they are tasty and functional.
For the tomato sauce get a tin of chopped peeled tomatoes and put in in the blender, also add a good amount of the thick tomato puree and a decent teaspoon of Oregano & Basil, also add a little oil then blend it up till smooth.
For the cheese go for grated Mozarella as it has that nice stringy texture and mix a little of the white mild cheddar in with it for taste.
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Whenever I do a pizza I just get the ready made bases (I do like a thin crust though), you might want to try some ketchup (Heinz for preference) after you've put on some tomato purée adds a nice bite to the pizza (I only found this out when I ran out of purée while making one and needed to cover the rest of the base).
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I use the Jamie Oliver pizza dough recipe
Along with the Jame Oliver tomato sauce recipe
Which is strange, cause I can't stand watching him on TV
Have always got a very good responce from friends and family and have recently been bought a pizza stone so will have to give that a crack, maybe even on the BBQ
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Cook your dough for a few minutes before adding the sauce; stops it getting soggy.
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Thaks for the advice guys!... See the thing is tho I really want to make my own pizza bases as thats were the fun is trying out new things, even making stuffed crust pizzas etc.
Its something I want to learn and do with my daughter so its a fun thing we can do togther and she can learn as well, she is only 4 and loves helping me in the kitchen
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