Pizza is very popular in Russian cuisine due to the availability of ingredients and the richness of the dish. To make pizza at home quickly and easily, just have an oven or even a frying pan with high sides. As for the filling, whatever is left in your fridge will serve as it.
Whip up pizza in the oven
Making an open flatbread according to traditional Italian recipes involves the use of yeast, careful hand kneading and "rest" of the dough, which means sufficient time. If you want to speed up the cooking, kefir and soda will come to the rescue.
Mix 2 cups of sifted flour with 0.5 teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of table salt. Add a beaten egg to a glass of kefir. After that, with constant stirring, pour the prepared flour into the egg-kefir mixture until the dough is tight enough. Add flour as needed. Then put 0.5 teaspoon of granulated sugar and a tablespoon of refined vegetable oil, preferably olive oil.
Roll out the cake, brush with a mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise. Add any filling. One of the simplest: onions in half rings; slices of tomatoes and sausages; Bell pepper; on top - grated cheese. Such pizza is quickly and easily cooked in an oven preheated to 180-200 ° C, in just 20 minutes.
Toppings for homemade pizza
- Vegetable. Any combination of vegetables and cheese, for example: tomatoes, cheese and green basil; eggplant, bell peppers, garlic, cheese.
- Sausage. Assorted boiled or smoked sausages, sausages, hunting sausages, balyk, ham. You can add pickled and fried mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and green onions. And, of course, cheese.
- Marine. Fresh, frozen, canned seafood in their own juice is suitable: shrimp, tuna, octopus. They go well with fish, olives, fresh and dry herbs, paprika. Don't forget the grated cheese.
Home-style pizza in a pan
With a little skill, you can do without an oven and cook pizza at home in a frying pan with high sides. The dough for the original stuffed fried tortilla is prepared with mayonnaise and sour cream.
First, beat a couple of eggs, add 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise and sour cream to the resulting mixture, mix everything well. Sift a glass of flour and mix with 0.5 teaspoon of baking soda, add to the sour cream and egg mass.
Pour the dough into a heated skillet, place any filling on top and cover with grated cheese. Roast the pizza, covered, for just 10 minutes.
