Making Pizza the Italian way

Pizza is one of the best Italian dishes everyone tried. It is for sure one of the favourite dishes of every person on this planet and this is no secret. However, little is known about the origin of pizza and many would say that it first originated in the south of Italy in the town of Gaeta and later pizza was modernized in the city of Naples.

There are many stories of people eating flatbread with herbs or cheese or garlic or vegetables, but back in the days, it was not named. However, with time Italians made up a name for the flatbread they were eating and it was pizza. There are many meanings of pizza and some of them are translated literally as flatbread baked in a hot oven with toppings or just as mouthful. Any meaning behind the term “pizza” is quite true, as pizza is simply amazing!

That is why I will share with you the original recipe for making Italian pizza. Furthermore, I will share with you the ingredients for two types of pizza that are the most famous and tasty in Italy.

The ingredients needed for making pizza dough

• 500 grams of flour
• 300 ml of water
• 1 or 2 spoons of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 5 grams of yeast

  

How to make pizza dough?

1. First, put the flour and salt in one bowl. In another bowl put water and add yeast, so that it can melt in it and then add olive oil. However, make sure that the yeast dissolves in the water by mixing it.

   

2. Then, add some flour in the water and keep adding flour, until it starts becoming smooth. If the dough is sticky, add more flour.
3. After that, put the dough in a bowl, cover it with a nice towel and keep it for at least two hours in a warm place so it can enlarge.
4. After keeping it for two hours take it if it has enlarged or if it is not, keep it for a bit more. If it is good, you can start rolling it with a rolling pin or a wine bottle if you don’t have one.

   

5. Cover the tray with olive oil and put the rolled dough in it. Then, leave it a bit in the tray to check if it would shrink and if it does, fix it, so that it reached every corner of the tray. If all is good, you can put ingredients to your liking.
6. Finally, you can cook pizza in the oven for fifteen or twenty minutes at 180 degrees. Always check the dough below and see if it is cooked. If it is not, cook it for a bit more.

Traditional Italian pizzas and how to make them

If you would like to cook Margherita you will need tomato sauce, oregano, olive oil, salt and mozzarella. First, add tomato sauce in a small bowl with oregano and salt. Then, spread some olive oil on the dough and after that spread the tomato sauce. Finally, put the mozzarella on top and put it in the oven.

If you prefer Boscaiola you will need mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, parsley, salt, ham and mozzarella. First and foremost, cook the mushrooms in a pan with a clove of garlic cut in big pieces. When the mushrooms are ready, remove the garlic and leave them for a bit. Add some olive oil over the dough and then put the pieces of ham on it. Then, spread some parsley and add the cooked mushrooms. Finally, add the mozzarella and put the pizza in the oven. Voilà!

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