Pizza... Mmmmm

One of my all time favorite foods is pizza. Growing up, we almost always had pizza on Friday nights. Since my brother, Greg, just graduated from Cal, he has moved in with myself and our uncle. Greg and I go on walks and while on the walks we converse about what to have for dinner. One day, we figured we could take a crack at making pizza from scratch since we had most of the ingredients. Margarita pizza was the pizza of choice. It is fairly simple, yet so tasty. Mozzarella cheese, basil and tomatoes. It doesn't get any easier than that.


We found a simple dough recipe online which turned out great! We have made it a few times now. Of course we added our own twist to the recipe. Here it is:

1 pkg dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp Italian seasonings


As you can see from the picture, we always double the batch since there are 2 hungry men living here now.

The water, yeast and sugar are placed into the bowls and let to sit for about 8 minutes. Once bubbly, we add the salt, flour and Italian seasonings. Once mixed in, we rub olive oil on the top and let it set for 20 minutes to give it time to rise.

While this is setting, we cut the tomatoes, shred/cut the cheese and wash off the basil.

During the prep, we heat up about a quarter to a half cup of olive oil in a pot and throw in some minced garlic. When we roll out the dough, we rub this garlic oil on before adding the cheese and tomato. Once the pizza is made, we place it in a 375 degree oven for about 20 minutes. In the last few minutes we throw on the basil as we did not care for it being crispy the first time we made it when we added it right away.

Here is our finished, delicious product!