Homemade Pan Pizza

Prep Time1 15

Cook Time20

Total Time1 35

Servings:

Author: Constance Smith - Cosmopolitan Cornbread

Ingredients

For the Crust

1 ½ c lukewarm water
1 Tb yeast
pinch sugar
4-5 c all-purpose flour as needed
1 ½ teaspoon salt
2 Tb olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1 Tb cornmeal

For the Sauce

14 oz tomato sauce
1 clove grated garlic
2 Tb tomato paste
1 Tb oregano
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 Tb lemon juice
1 Tb olive oil

Toppings

2 c shredded cheese Mozzarella, provolone
cooked Italian sausage
pepperoni
diced onions
peppers

Instructions

To begin, you’ll get out a large mixing bowl (preferably not metal.) Pour in the lukewarm water. Sprinkle in the yeast and a pinch of sugar. Stir it together and let it proof for about 10 minutes. This makes sure that your yeast is still good.
After about 10 minutes, when the yeast is foamy stir in 2 cups of the all-purpose flour, along with the salt, olive oil, the basil, and oregano. Stir this all together and slowly add another 2 cups of flour until it comes together into a sticky dough.
Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead this for about 8 minutes, until it is nice and elastic, adding additional flour as needed. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, turning the dough over to coat it. Cover it with a damp cloth and place it in a warm location to rise for about an hour.
While it is rising, you’ll mix up the super simple sauce.
In a saucepan, combine all of the sauce ingredients. Stir these all together and simmer it over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Time to put together the pizza. First preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Then grab your dough!
Get out a bar pan and sprinkle the tablespoon of cornmeal over it. Then dump the dough out of the bowl and into the pan and gently stretch it to fit. Now grab your sauce and spread it all over the top. Top the pizza with whatever toppings you like – but not the cheese yet. I used some browned Italian sausage and some sautéed onions and green peppers. Use whatever you like on your pizza. Pop this in the oven and bake it for 10 minutes.
Then pull it out, sprinkle on whatever kind and quantity of cheese you like. I used about 2 cups of mozzarella and provolone shredded. Pop it in the oven for 10 more minutes and enjoy!

Notes

Use turkey pepperoni and other pork alternatives for this to be a biblically clean recipe.

See This Recipe:

https://cosmopolitancornbread.com/pan-pizza/

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