Cheese Pizza

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The quality of this pizza is that it doesn't necessitate immoderate peculiar equipment. This elemental reddish condiment pizza is conscionable a starting constituent (so is the magnitude of mozzarella — adhd much if you similar it cheesy). We similar utilizing finer-grained semolina nether the rolled retired dough to assistance descent it into the oven, but cornmeal is fine, too. Either caller mozzarella from the food oregon deli counters oregon the firmer benignant you find successful the market store aisle volition enactment connected apical of the pizza.

Especially if your oven is not spotless, beryllium prepared to unfastened a model oregon crook connected the exhaust fan. Smoke tin hap erstwhile the semolina starts to crook acheronian oregon if immoderate of the toppings descent disconnected and burn. Brushing the semolina disconnected the baking expanse successful betwixt pizzas (use heavy-duty oven mitts to prime it up) helps.

You'll person capable other dough for 2 much pizza crusts, which makes this look cleanable for a pizza enactment (double the food and condiment ingredients). Or frost the risen dough successful 2 portions, which volition shorten your pizzamaking league the adjacent time.

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Dough for the crusts tin beryllium made astatine slightest 1 time successful advance. Refrigerate it for astatine slightest 8 hours to fto it dilatory emergence successful acold retention aft kneading, oregon refrigerate aft it has risen for an hr oregon 2 astatine country temperature. The dough tin beryllium frozen for up to a fewer months.

Crust look adapted from KingArthurFlour.com.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-4 (makes 2 12-inch pizzas, positive dough for 2 much pizzas)

For the crust

1 tablespoonful sugar
1 tablespoonful progressive adust yeast oregon instant yeast, oregon 1 packet progressive adust yeast
1 tablespoonful salt
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, positive much arsenic needed
2 cups lukewarm water
4 3/4 to 5 1/4 cups (23 1/2 to 25 1/2 ounces) flour, positive much arsenic needed
Semolina, for dusting the baking expanse (may substitute cornmeal)

For the toppings

1 1/2 cups (half of 1 26 1/2-ounce carton) strained tomatoes, specified arsenic Pomi brand
1 tiny clove garlic, minced with a pinch of brackish into a paste
Salt, arsenic needed
Sugar, arsenic needed
8 ounces mozzarella, thinly sliced
1/4 cupful to 1/2 cupful grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 4)

Calories
520
Fat
19 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Carbohydrates
66 g
Sodium
1250 mg
Cholesterol
45 mg
Protein
22 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Crust look adapted from KingArthurFlour.com.

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published June 5, 2018

Updated March 16, 2026