“Home-Made” Pizza Is Super Easy!

thelemonplum — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:37:11 +0000

I know some of you are scared already. But don’t be! This will be the easiest and tastiest pizza you will ever make. And remember, you don’t have to use the ingredients I tell you to – use whatever your hearts desire! Sometimes I like using roasted red peppers, or an assortment of mushrooms, or olives. Maybe you like ham and pineapple or meat lovers – well go for it! Its your pizza! First and foremost the home-made was in quotes. About a year ago I started using Pillsbury Pizza Crust. The crust on its own tastes like those dinner rolls they have. But add some sauce and a touch of flavor and its a nice little treat for you.

1 “can” of Pillsbury Pizza Crust (I use thin)
1/2 – 1 jar of Delallo Pizza Sauce
1 whole Mozzarella ball
1/2 cup Shitake mushrooms
1/2 cup Vidalia Onions
4 Pieces Turkey Bacon
Grape Seed Oil
4 medium pieces of Sun Dried Tomato’s
S&P
1 Tab of butter

This is also a good recipe if you want to take it easy on the greasy foods for once. I used grape seed oil because its a terrific oil to cook with but I also used a tab of butter (smart balance) because I like the flavor mixed with the onions and mushrooms. Again, you can do whatever you want.

Before you cut everything up go ahead and get your crust and your oven ready. Set your oven to preheat at 350 degrees. I suggest oiling the baking sheet before you put down the crust – it just makes it easier later on after everything is baked! Unroll the crust onto your baking sheet (you might need to kneed/stretch the dough a wee bit) and add a few spoonfuls of your pizza sauce. You don’t really want to cook the pizza through all the way. Just enough so its not soggy. Put it in the oven along with your timer.

You will want to cut up your onions, mushrooms, bacon and tomatoes up in small-ish pieces. Next I put the butter and oil in a frying pan and heat it up a little bit – once it gets a little warm add in your aforementioned ingredients along with about a teaspoon of salt and a dash of pepper. You will want to cook ALL of this together so all the flavors will mix nicely. As for if its done enough or not? Check your onions. Since they are the densest/hardest thing in this mix — if they are breakable with a spoon then the whole thing is done!

You are also going to want to take your mozzarella or whatever cheese you want to use and prepare that as well. For the mozzarella if you don’t want it to keep sticking to the knife and you want nice thin pieces I would suggest keeping your knife wet. Mozzarella is a really dense and somewhat “dry” cheese. So if you keep a knife near by and just wet it every so often before slicing the cheese then you should get through it quite easily.

Once your pizza is done baking for those 5-8 minutes you can take it out and place your sauteed ingredients on the pizza spreading it out evenly – this is also the perfect time to add your cheese as well. Put it back in the oven for about 15 – 20 minutes. If you are using a fresh cheese like mozzarella AND mushrooms you will probably find that a lot of the water from these two items will come pouring out. Don’t worry! Bake it for a few minutes more if this happens. Also, once you get it out of the oven – let it sit for a few minutes and all that liquid will start to evaporate away!

Slice and serve. Yummy!

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“Home-Made” Pizza Is Super Easy!