a recipe for the best pizza ever ?

Answer 1

INGREDIENTS
1 (.25 ounce) envelope rapid rise yeast
2 cups lukewarm water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup cornmeal
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 pound sliced mozzarella cheese
2 cups canned plum tomatoes, drained and squished
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 cloves garlic, crushed
salt to taste
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons olive oil
DIRECTIONS
Place the water in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Sprinkle the yeast over the water, and let stand for 5 minutes to dissolve.
Pour in the vegetable oil, olive oil, cornmeal and 3 cups of the flour. Mix with the beater for 10 minutes. Add the remaining flour, and switch from the beater to the dough hook. Mix for about 5 minutes. This can be done by hand, but the dough is very rich and moist. Pour the dough out onto a floured surface, and cover with a large bowl. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down the dough, and let rise again. This time won't take as long.
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
Grease two 9 or 10 inch round cake pans. Divide the dough evenly between the two pans. Press the dough out so that it goes all the way up the sides of the pans. Lay the slices of mozzarella cheese onto the crusts like tile. Next put the tomatoes over the mozzarella, and season with basil, oregano, garlic and salt. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top, and drizzle with olive oil.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top is golden and gooey, and the crust a light golden brown.
Variations

Answer 2

if you are making the pizza from scratch the key is to brush the poke the dough with a fork to prevent large air pockets. then brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with oregano. As far as toppings are concerned use what every you like I like to ingredients that are opposites of each other, or complementary to each other i.e salty and sweet items or spicy and sweet.

Answer 3

Chicago Style Stuffed Pizza

1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/4 cup warm water
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 pound cooked meat (sausage, ham, pepperoni, etc.)
fruit or vegetables of choice (pineapple, olives, green peppers, etc.
2-3 cups (about 12 oz.) mozzarella cheese, grated
1 14 oz. pizza sauce (or see below)
Combine sugar, water, yeast and 1/2 cup flour in mixing bowl, beat well. Let stand until foamy, approximately 10-20 minutes. Combine cornmeal and salt, stir into flour mixture. Gradually stir in enough more flour to make dough stiff enough to work with hands (dough should be sticky unless hands are floured). Turn dough out on a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic - about 10 minutes. Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise until double in volume.

Pre-heat oven to 500° F. Punch dough down. Pinch off approximately 1/3 of the dough and set aside. Pat dough into a 12-inch circle. Allow to rest 2-5 minutes. Place dough in lightly oiled deep-dish pizza pan (or use a large dark cookie sheet). Gently stretch and pat dough into bottom and up sides of pan.

Arrange meat and vegetables in bottom of pan. Pat top crust into a 12-inch circle, allow to rest 2-5 minutes. Place top pizza crust over filling. Fold side edges over top crust, pinch and fold to seal crusts. Cut 2-3 slits in top to vent pie.

Sprinkle top crust with cheese, spread with pizza sauce. Bake at 500 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400° F. and continue to bake 15-20 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and pulls away from sides of pan (using a spatula, carefully lift pizza and check doneness of bottom). Allow pizza to cool 5-10 minutes before serving.

NOTE: Pizza sauce may be made by combining 8 oz. tomato sauce, 3 oz. tomato paste with 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme, 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon sugar.

This recipe serves 6.

Answer 4

Well that all depends on what you like, here are some really good pizza sites

http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/History/Pizza/PizzaRecipes.htm

http://www.pizzamaking.com/pizza_recipes.html

Answer 5

Go to allrecipes.com. They not only give you recipes but they are rated. I get all my 5 stars recipes from them. :-)

Answer 6

heaps of meat veg and cheese ya cant go wrong

Answer 7

ham bacon and pineapple is my favorite

Answer 8

http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/cachedSearchResults/0,7822,Pizza_Recipe,00.html?searchString=Pizza&site=food&searchType=Recipe