Neapolitan Style Pizza
Equipment
- 1 Pizza Stone
- 1 Pizza Peal
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Typo 00 Flour
- 2 Cups Warm water
- 1 Tbsp Yeast
- 2 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar
- 1 tsp Kosher or sea salt
- 2 Tbsp Olive oil
- Tomato Sauce with oregano and basil (Fresh or cooked)
- Cheese Blend
- Olive oil to brush the dough with
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- corn meal for under the pizza
Instructions
- Put water, yeast, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix together and put in a relatively warm place. allow the yest to bloom about 10 minutes until it foams up.
- Add the remaining ingredients into the water, and mix in a stand mixer with a dough hook until the dough comes completely together. Lightly oil the dough to prevent sticking and put in a warm area to rise for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Preheat an oven with a pizza stone to the highest temperature available on your oven (Usually 550).
- Lightly dust a pizza peel with cornmeal. Pull the pizza by hand until it is the desired shape and size. You can do multiple pies or one big pie. Place the shell on the peal.
- Assemble the pizza. Paint or drizzle with a little olive oil. Spread the sauce in a thin even skim coat. You don't want too much sauce or the pizza could get soggy. Sprinkle your cheese evenly, not too thick (again, it can trap in moisture and cause a soggy crust). Lightly season with salt and pepper, and herbs if desired. Shave some Parmesan on the edges is desired.
- Sprinkle a light coat of corn meal on the hot pizza stone. Then transfer the pizza to the stone.
- Bake the pizza for about 5 minutes. Check on it. Turn it if it isn't cooking evenly. After about 10 minutes it should be done. Give more or less time depending on how dark you want it.
Notes
This is a basic pizza recipe. That is why we only wrote tomato sauce. If you want to change sauces, cheese blends, etc, have at it.We are on the launching pad. take it to the stars so we can meet the aliens who brought us pizza... ;)