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How to Make the Best and Easiest Homemade Pizza

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How to Make the Best and Easiest Homemade Pizza

We never tire of sharing successful pizza recipes, especially when the dough is homemade, tested, and guaranteed! Try this recipe for making the dough at home to prepare the tastiest pizza.

Total time65 min
Prep25 min
Cook40 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Recipe story

Dough ingredients:

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3 cups white flour\r\n1 cup warm water\r\n2 teaspoons instant yeast\r\n1/2 teaspoon salt\r\n1 tablespoon sugar\r\n1/4 cup olive oil\r\n2 tablespoons powdered milk

Preparing the dough:

Put the flour in a bowl and add salt, oil, and milk; rub the ingredients together by hand

Dissolve the yeast in a cup with sugar and a little warm water, stir well, and let it rise briefly, then add to the mixture and knead…

Cover the dough with a clean cloth and let it rise for about an hour

\r\nHomemade pizza sauce:

In a pot on the stove, add a tablespoon of oil with crushed garlic and half an onion, chopped...

Sauté briefly and add two peeled tomatoes, finely chopped, with a pinch of salt, pepper, paprika (or sweet red pepper), a pinch of cumin, and a teaspoon oregano/thyme …

Stir for a bit, then add a can of tomato paste and two tablespoons ketchup; simmer for 5 minutes before turning off the heat

When the sauce cools, transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate until needed…

For toppings, use whatever you like and have on hand

The recipe and method for homemade pizza dough with the delicious sauce from a friend and the site’s chef at Shou Tabkhin Alyoum:

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Fatima Zahouy Gamloush

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups white flour
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons powdered milk
  • Dough preparation method:
  • Homemade pizza sauce:
  • In a saucepan over the heat, put 1 tablespoon oil and a crushed garlic clove with half a chopped onion ...

Method

  1. Put the flour in a bowl and add the salt, oil and milk, then rub the ingredients together by hand
  2. Put the yeast in a cup with the sugar and a little water, stir well and leave it briefly for the yeast to rise, then add it to the mixture and knead it...
  3. Cover the dough with a clean cloth and leave the dough to rise for 1 hour
    Timers: 60 min
  4. When the sauce cools, put it in an airtight container, close it well and place it in the fridge until needed...
  5. For the pizza topping, use whatever filling you prefer based on the ingredients you have available
  6. Stir them a little and add two tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped, with a pinch of salt, a pinch of black pepper, a pinch of paprika or ground sweet red pepper, a pinch of cumin and 1 tablespoon oregano ...
  7. Cook together for a while, then add a can of tomato paste and 2 tablespoons ketchup and leave for 5 minutes before turning off the heat
    Timers: 5 min
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