Pizza Supreme

I've been making pizza since 2009. There's one thing for sure, I need to keep making this pie to perfect it. There's always problems, like sometimes, the dough is too thick. The crust is cooked and brown while the middle is still doughy, not good. Or, the dough needs more salt. In the end, the dough is the issue. The toppings, like bell pepper, onions and cheese aren't really a big deal. But today, the crust wasn't only the issue. I made some homemade sausages for the first time and it was good except it lacked salt.

I was super excited over the homemade sausages that I disregarded my gut feeling of cooking a small piece and checking if the mixture was right. Well, now I know. It just needed some salt. The spices were right on the spot that the whole house smelled like Italian sausage. Super awesome! Next time I'll probably use another type of dough. Like maybe the bread dough I used to make some buttery bread.

Well here's how I made it...

Pizza Dough

2 packets of 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
3 1/2 cups of flour

Take the warm water and put in the sugar and yeast. Set that aside and let the yeast activate about ten minutes.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

When that's done activating, if the yeast mixture isn't in a bowl already, put it there and add the oil and salt. By the way, I got a tip of putting the bowl, if metallic, in the microwave and either melt the butter or some water. Slowly add the flour, 1 cup at a time. On the third cup, knead the dough and sprinkle some of left over flour. In a separate greased bowl, place the dough in and cover with a wet towel. Set in a warm place and let it double. This will probably take an hour or so.

For me, I made the mistake of flattening the dough on an unfloured surface and compiled my pizza. It was awful putting the pizza on another pan to cook. The pizza -broke and separated. So that was a big no-no.

Well anyways, with that in mind, place half of the dough on a greased pizza pan. Oh yeah, use a thin pan. I tried cooking the pizza on a thick pan and it made the crust as well as the underside of the pizza taste like a crunchy cracker. Too crunchy for me, but if that's what you like then here's you're solution.

So, spread out the dough with either a rolling pin or your hand, spread some store bought pizza sauce on the dough, sprinkle your favorite shredded cheese, and other toppings you might like. Good toppings that I've used are onions, green bell pepper, mushrooms and homemade sausage. I'll post the homemade sausage recipe by itself, this post is already pretty long.



When you have the sauce, cheese and your preferred toppings, throw it in the oven until the crust turns brown.

Enjoy!!!