Roll-your-own Pizza

Lets face it: students love good pizza. Pizzas come in all shapes and sizes. The best pizza is the one that meets your taste. In this recipe I am going to show you how to make your own pizza just the way you like it.

To make a pizza you need dough and toppings.

Dough ingredients:

• 0.5 cup lukewarm water
• 1 - 1.5 teaspoon of active dry yeast
• 1.5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of olive oil

Here is how to make the dough:

1. pour water into a small bowl
2. add yeast
3. add salt
   
4. stir gently and let it sit for 5 minutes
5. stir again
6. add flour
7. mix well
   
8. knead into elastic dough
9. form a ball
10. oil up a small bowl with olive oil
11. lightly brush the dough ball with olive oil
12. put the dough ball into the bowl, cover with wet cloth
    
13. let sit for 2-4 hours in a warm place
    

One the dough is ready you can freeze it. However, pizza made out of fresh dough tastes much better.

For making a "Tomato, Basil, Mozzarella" pizza you will need:

• pizza dough as described above
  
• 1 teaspoon of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• 1 tomato
• 0.5 cup of shredded Mozzarella cheese
• fresh basil leaves

Here is how you make it:

1. roll the dough quarter of inch thin or thinner
   
2. brush with olive oil
   
3. place into the oven at 425 degrees for about 6 minutes
4. carefully add toppings (it is going to be hot at that time)
1. lay out basil leaves
2. lay out thin tomato slices
3. brush pizza and toppings with some olive oil
4. cover with shredded cheese
5. Place the pizza back into the oven for another 6 minutes

This recipe originates from The Art of Low-Calorie Cooking. I have added a few tips and details from my experience.

Please post any questions, suggestions and modifications that you have tried as comments.