Pizza Marinara (Aka Real Italian Pizza!)

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The real deal that you will find in Italy. I know I put that you can use tomatoes or pizza sauce, but you can use any sauce you like.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 -3 cups unbleached flour or 2 -3 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon cornmeal
• fresh tomatoes or pizza sauce
• oregano
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• pizza toppings (optional)

Directions:

1. Pour water into bowl.
2. Sprinkle with yeast and leave for five minutes.
3. Stir and add sugar, salt, and olive oil. Beat well.
4. Stir in half of flour.
5. Beat until smooth.
6. Add as much of the rest of the flour as needed to make the dough just firm enough to manage.
7. Knead for five minutes.
8. Roll it into a ball and flatten.
9. Sprinkle corn meal over pan and stretch dough over it. Make ridges at the edges.
10. Let rise for fifteen minutes.
11. Lightly brush or spray the dough with some oil.
12. Add your choice of toppings. Heat for 20-30 minutes at 425°F.

Reviews

[daisygrl64]

Excellent pizza. I am so happy I ran into it cuz I have some unbleached flour that needs using up. This crust was so easy and my daughter had a blast making her own pizza. Thank you for posting and I will make again :)