I did it! I made my own pizza-from scratch! If you have time, take the opportunity to make your own sauce, dough, and assemble your own pizza. Visited the Farmer's Market and purchased fresh Roma tomatoes to make sauce which required only olive oil, fresh oregano and basil from my herb garden, 4 very ripe Roma tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Placed all ingredients in a pot over medium heat and brought to a simmer. Reduced heat to low and cooked for 10 more minutes. Sauce was chunky and simply good.
Felt a little nervous preparing dough but there was no need to, it turned out perfect! Combined yeast, flour, sugar, and warm water. Mixed 2 1/2 C of flour and salt, created well in center and stirred in yeast mixture with 1 T olive oil and more warm water. Magnolia came to the rescue to knead dough for 8 minutes. Placed dough in a bowl, preferably glass or ceramic and rolled around to coat all sides with 1 t of olive oil. Set aside, covered for 1 1/2 hours. Used a floured rolling pin to roll each piece into thin crusts.
Sprinkled cornmeal on pizza pan, placed dough on pan, drizzled olived oil and sprinkled with salt. Spread sauce, top with fresh mozarella cheese slices, and sprinled fresh basil. Baked for 8 minutes at 500 degrees.
I though it was delicious for my first attempt to make homemade pizza, Scott loved it but Anna did not enjoy it at all. She kept comparing it to Pizza Hut. Sorry Babe, we'll be making more homemade pizza! Maybe adding pepperoni, Italian sausage or prosciutto will change her mind.
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