Initially, pizza was considered the food of the poor, for its preparation were used the remnants of products that the Italian peasant managed to find in his home. Today, pizza can even be found on the menus of some restaurants.
It is necessary
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- 500 g flour
- 20 g fresh yeast
- 10 g salt
- 50 g olive oil
- 300 ml. water
- 6 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tsp oregano
- salt
- sugar
- cheese
- basil
- olive oil
- 1 olive
Instructions
Step 1
Rub the yeast with your fingers together with flour, add water, salt, olive oil, knead an elastic dough. At first, it will be quite sticky, but after 5-10 minutes it will be kneaded and begin to lag behind your hands. Let the dough rest for one hour.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 250 ° C.
Step 3
Combine the ingredients of the tomato sauce. You should get it pretty thick. If the consistency seems thin to you, add a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste to the sauce.
Step 4
Divide the dough into three equal portions. Dust the table with flour, pressing and stretching the dough with your hands, make round cakes with a diameter of 20-22 cm from it.
Step 5
Place the pizza base on a baking sheet and brush with tomato sauce.
Step 6
Sprinkle the sauce with cheese and basil leaves on top, place the olive in the center, lightly drizzle the olive oil over the pizza.
Step 7
It is not necessary to make the filling too thick. Remember, less is more.
Step 8
Bake the pizza for about 10 minutes and serve hot.
