Pizza - it's Base and Ball!!

Pizza and Beyond!!

Well this was a long long awaited try since I thought base wouldn’t be easy or come out perfectly but to my surprise we can make thin crust /pan pizza’s at home easily. It feels good to give the base your imagination ,Shape , size and of course flavor  after all that’s what the aim is ,doing something new whenever we cook .This recipe needs to be given a try by everyone who’s fond of Pizza , and who isn’t!!!!

Here I am sharing the base as well as the exact topping I preferred though toppings, sauces ,fillings can all be played around.

Ingredients for the Base.

• Refined flour – 500 gram 
• Sugar – 2 tea spoon
• Salt – 1 tea spoon
• Dry yeast –  2 ½ tea spoon
•                   or  
• Fresh yeast – 25 gram
• Warm Water – 250 ml
• Butter – 2 table spoon
• Milk – 2 table spoon

Procedure

• Mix yeast and a tea spoon sugar in ¼ ^th  cup warm water and stir it till the yeast  dissolves ,cover it and keep it aside for 5 min (Bubbles should be formed otherwise the yeast isn’t good, don’t use it)
• Mix 1 tea spoon sugar ,salt , yeast mixture and water in the flour . Gradually add butter and knead the flour for 8-10 min until it becomes a soft dough (Kneading is a must)
• Now make a ball and keep it aside for an hour in a bowl sprinkling it with little dry refined flour and covering it with a damp cloth.
• Post an hour make 10 – 12 small balls out of this 1 giant ball which is now almost twice the size you kept.
• Now again keep it aside for 20 min
• The dough is ready to use.
• Keep the dough covered with damp cloth all the time. Also if you’ve made this dough in advance , refrigerate it , can stay upto 48 hours.

 Ingredients for Topping 5 pizzas

• Pizza & pasta sauce . (I use Funfoods) 
• Tabasco sauce (optional)
• ½  cup vertically chopped capsicum
• ½ cup vertically chopped onion
• ½ cup vertically chopped tomato
• ½ cup vertically chopped baby corn
• ½ cup sweet corn boiled
• ½ cup jalapeno sliced (I use Luciana’s)
• Grated cheese 1 cup or more as per choice 
• Oregano, salt, chili flakes as per taste
• Fresh Basil/coriander to garnish

Procedure

• Take a ball from the dough and make a thin round like a chapatti and prick it with a knife .
• Now place this in the baking tray which is greased.(Placing in the tray is vital here, after topping it’s difficult to place it.)
• Spread the sauce, cheese and top it with the vegetables.
• Now sprinkle oregano , salt , chili flakes.
• Top it with more cheese if you like.
• Bake it in pre heated oven for about 15 - 20 min in 200 degree.
• If you want to make a PIZZA BALL don’t prick it at all rather -
   Decrease the amount of  topping , bring the sides together and fold it at the end to form a ball , brush it with milk and bake it same as above.
• Now you’ve hot slices and balls of pizza ready !!
  
  Garnish it and Enjoy!!
  
  Little time taking but not difficult at all and it is an Accomplishment!!
• Contact me if you’re stuck somewhere or for feedback :)