SECRETS TO MAKING A GREAT HOMEMADE PIZZA

Posted by tanyahushe47 on July 18th, 2015

Pizza is not pizza if it doesn’t have the right parts and ingredients. Some of the most important parts of pizza are the pizza sauce, the pizza toppings and the pizza crust. If you want to get the best results with your pizza, ensure that each of these components are perfectly made out. Your homemade pizza will thus be the best thing you ever made in your life. Hereunder we discuss some of the best secrets that you need to know if you want the best pizza.

Pizza Crust Secrets

Bake your pizza crust separately: The best pizza is that which is made by starting with the crust first. You need to do this separately from the rest of the pizza parts. Once the crust is okay, you can then add the toppings and the sauce. The major reason why good pizzas have to be made this way is that when you do the cooking wholesomely, the pizza may end being having overcooked toppings, cheese that is burnt, yet the crust will be undercooked. However, remember not to cook the crust fully since when adding the other parts, it will also continue cooking.

Proper mixing of pizza dough ingredients: This is also one of the most important considerations when making pizzarias. The warm water should be put on the bowl at a one-tenth level as specified by the recipe of the homemade pizza. Then you add the yeast into the water gradually as you stir it and give it a few minutes to stand. Use a separate bowl to mix the remaining warm water with sugar and salt (just in case your recipe requires these ingredients) and any other dry ingredients other than flour. Add the ready-made warm water and yeast mixture, stir all these and add the remaining ingredients immediately.

Kneading the pizza mixture: This is useful for proper mixing of the flour and ingredients. It won’t stick to the container either. However, don’t do over-kneading too.

Give the pizza dough some time to rise before using it: Longer fermentation time helps your pizza rise higher and also makes the taste sweeter. Be careful though by not using too much yeast in case you need to keep the dough rising for a bit longer.

If speed is of much essence: More yeast is essential for making the dough rise faster hence faster preparation. Dough temperature is also helpful here. You can use a warm oven to achieve the higher temperatures for quick rising of the dough. Quick fermentation can also be achieved using warm water for the mixture. This makes pizza preparation faster and even easier.

To get a thick or thinner pizza crust: Use a smaller circumference for your pan if you intend to have a thicker pizza. You can also use more pizza dough on every pan. The other alternative is to stretch out your dough less. Do the opposite if you want a thinner pizza.

To get a crispy pizza crust: Here, you need to use less amount of water. It is best if you can use flour composed of high gluten content for a perfect crispy crust.

Pizza Toppings

These depend so much on the type of pizza you are making. They may be expensive or cheap, but they don’t really have to be very expensive.Pizzarias em Jardim Luanda

For great economy: Avoid the most expensive toppings. You need to use the easily available ones like ham, bacon, sausages, e.t.c.

Fresh toppings: Always use fresh toppings for a great pizza. Consider fresh mozzarella cheese for a good product.

Finger crush herbs: Finger crush your herbs if you intend to release dried herbs flavor for your pizza before adding the same.

Drain and dry toppings: Canned and moist ingredients have the tendency of getting your pizza soggy. To avoid this, it would be better to drain the toppings of any excess moisture.

Pizza Sauce

Your pizza sauce will give your pizza its distinctive flavor. In the web, you can find a lot of easy pizza sauce recipes to follow. You can even try making your own trademark pizza sauce.

Easy pizza sauce recipe: Here, you can easily acquire canned and pre-mixed pizza sauce from any supermarket within your local vicinity. On the alternative, spaghetti sauce can do just fine as pizza sauce. You can sauté some garlic and onions in extra virgin olive oil. Then add tomato paste or sauce, salt; give it some time to simmer and thereafter add basil as well as oregano. Balsamic vinegar and cooked ground meat if you want something extra for the sauce.

Thicker sauce is better: Make your sauce thicker if you want your pizza to be great. Too much water only serves to make your pizza soggy.

Pizza sauce on top: The pizza sauce is best positioned at the top of the pizza. It helps prevent the burning of cheese and any other ingredients.