My Favorite Italian Pizza

This is one of my favorite recipes. It's a pretty basic pizza that you can dress up with whichever toppings you want to use. make it as complicated or as simple as you desire.

Steps

Drizzle a baking sheet with olive oil and then dust lightly with semolina or cornmeal.

Set aside.

For the dough , hand whisk the water and yeast together in the bowl of an electric mixer.

Let stand for 3 minutes for the yeast to dissolve.

Stir in the oil , salt , sugar , all purpose flour and 1 cup of the bread flour.

Mix to make a soft dough.

Knead on the lowest speed of the mixer with a dough hook for 8 minutes , adding more flour gradually until a soft elastic dough is formed.

Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.

Loosely cover in a plastic bag and let rise for 30 to 45 minutes until almost doubled.

For the topping , put the tomatoes in a large bowl , crushing with a fork to break them up.

Add the sauce , pepper , salt , sugar , oil , garlic and herbs , mixing well.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.

Let rest for a few minutes.

Press or roll the dough out to fit the prepared baking sheet.

Drizzle a bit of olive oil on top of the dough.

Spread on t.

Ingredients

olive oil, semolina, warm water, instant yeast, salt, sugar, all-purpose flour, bread flour, plum tomatoes, pizza sauce, fresh ground black pepper, garlic clove, fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni