National Pizza Day ! 9th February 2021

If your up for a challenge why not make a hand made pizza at home and share pictures of your finished pizza.

Here's a sample recipe or why not try your own!

INGREDIENTS

Pizza Dough: Makes enough dough for two 10-12 inch pizzas

• 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) warm water (105°F-115°F)

• 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast

• 3 3/4 cups (490 g) bread flour

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (omit if cooking pizza in a wood-fired pizza oven)

• 2 teaspoons salt

• 1 teaspoon sugar

Pizza Ingredients

• Extra virgin olive oil

• Cornmeal (to help slide the pizza onto the pizza stone)

• Tomato sauce (smooth, or puréed)

• Firm mozzarella cheese, grated

• Fresh soft mozzarella cheese, separated into small clumps

• Fontina cheese, grated

• Parmesan cheese, grated

• Feta cheese, crumbled

• Mushrooms, very thinly sliced if raw, otherwise first sautéed

• Bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, very thinly sliced

• Italian pepperoncini, thinly sliced

• Italian sausage, cooked ahead and crumbled

• Sliced black olives

• Chopped fresh basil

• Baby arugula, tossed in a little olive oil, added as pizza comes out of the oven

• Pesto

• Pepperoni, thinly sliced

• Onions, thinly sliced raw or caramelized

• Ham, thinly sliced