How to Make Pizza

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups warm water (adjust as needed)
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 tbsp instant yeast
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• Topping:
• Tomato sauce
• Garlic powder
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp oregano or dried thyme
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp crushed tomatoes
• Pinch of black pepper
• Salt
• Fresh or mixed bell peppers, green and colored, sliced
• Olives
• Sausage, tuna or pastrami (optional)
• Mozzarella cheese
• Recipe for pizza contributed by a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Alyoum:
• Nida Hadrj
• Click Nida’s name to visit her profile on our site and enjoy her tasty recipes
• For more recipes from Mada’s kitchen try this tasty new recipe: Swedish Meatballs
• To make lahm bi ajeen (meat flatbread), one of the tastiest pastries, see: How to Make Lahm Bi Ajeen

Method

1. Prepare the dough: dissolve the yeast and sugar in a cup of warm water and wait until it froths.
2. In a large bowl, sift the flour and add the salt and oil, then stir.
3. Add the activated yeast and water as needed and knead for no more than 10 minutes.
4. Cover the pizza dough and leave it to rise.
5. Prepare the topping: you can add raw bell pepper or lightly season it in a pan with tomato, then add a spoonful of spices and herbs and stir.
6. Stretch the dough on a baking sheet brushed with a little oil. Spread the topping, then the pitted olives. You can also add sausage, tuna, or pastrami as desired.
7. Sprinkle the cheese on top.
8. Place the tray in the oven at medium to high heat until the pizza is cooked and the base is browned, then brown the top.
9. Nida Hadrj
10. For more from Mada's kitchen, here is this new tasty recipe: Swedish meatballs
11. To make lahm bi ajeen, one of the tastiest pastries, here is the link: How to make lahm bi ajeen