Pizza

Like most Americans I love my pizza. It has been one of the most fun to change to fit my new eating habits. I really enjoy being able to taste all of the different veggies rather than having most of the flavor covered up by mountains of cheese.


Pizza Dough
1 1/3 cups warm Water
1 packet of Active Dry Yeast
3 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (divided)
1/4 tsp salt (James actually salted his pizza because he thought this wasn't enough but I like things a lot less salty than he does)


In a large bowl add the Active Dry Yeast to the water. Let set for 5 min. until the yeast had dissolved.
Mix in flour, 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and salt. Knead for 10 min. I personally knead it by hand right in the bowl. After kneading, form it into a ball. I then drizzle 1 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil over the dough turning it over once so it is completely covered. Cover with a clean dish towel and let it rise for 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

 Sometimes I'll use all of the dough spread out over 1 baking sheet. This makes it more like a bread crust.

This time I divided the dough in half to make two thinner crust pizzas. I shape them by hand until they look right.

Oil a baking sheet and place shaped dough on it.

Then top them any way you like.

This time I used canned tomato sauce sprinkled with oregano, caramelized onions, mushrooms, green/yellow/red peppers and spinach. ( I don't think I'll be adding the spinach again it was kinda bitter)



 Happy Eating:)