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Thick-Crust Pizza
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schedulePrep 0 min
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speedmedium
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Source revision: Revision 4517845
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikibooks contributors
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can (12 oz) tuttorosso tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 packets (14 g / 4½ teaspoon) active dry yeast
- 2 ½ cups warm water
- 6+ cups all-purpose flour
- 2–3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Various toppings (e.g. pepperoni, onions, peppers)
Directions
Sauce
- Pour can of tomato sauce into a mixing bowl.
- Add sugar, salt, pepper, parsley, basil, oregano, and crushed garlic to bowl.
- Stir, and set aside.
Dough
- Mix yeast with warm water. Stir to combine.
- Pour yeast/water mixture into bowl containing 5 cups flour. Stir.
- Spread out parchment paper, and sprinkle with flour. Transfer dough from mixing bowl onto parchment paper. Knead. Repeatedly add more flour until dough feels fairly dry and consistent.
- Sprinkle bowl with flour. Roll dough into a ball, sprinkle outside with flour, and put into bowl.
- Cover bowl with a towel. Let stand for 2 hours to rise.
Cooking
- Preheat oven to 350–375°F.
- Coat bottom and sides of aluminum pan with vegetable oil (about 2–3 tablespoons).
- Lay out parchment paper, and sprinkle a layer of flour on top.
- Flatten dough on parchment paper using rolling pin.
- Put dough in pan.
- Make ridge around outside of dough for the crust.
- Spread the prepared sauce over the dough. Scatter the mozzarella and toppings over the sauce.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, until cheese is melted and crust is browned and cooked through.
- Slice and serve.
