Homemade Pizza
Homemade pizza is easy and fun to make. It's a great quick dinner for one or the family during the week or on weekends. Customize your pizza with any toppings you'd like!
Servings: 3 people
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ batch Pizza dough Use a full batch of dough to make two pizzas, or make one pizza and freeze the other half of the dough.
- Cornmeal or flour for dusting work surface
- ½ cup pizza or pasta sauce
- 3 slices provolone cheese
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp oregano
- ½ tsp dried basil
- Olive oil for brushing crust, optional
Toppings
- Pepperoni About 18-24 slices. I recommend using the sandwich size from the deli and cutting it into quarters.
- 2 links Italian sausage cooked and chopped
- ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ¼ cup diced onion
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 420°. Dust work surface with cornmeal or flour. Roll out dough onto the surface until dough is thin. (It's totally OK if it's a bit misshapen, as long as it fits in your pan of choice).
- Transfer the dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Poke holes all over the dough with a fork.
- Bake the crust for 3-5 minutes.
- Pour the sauce onto the crust and use a spoon or fork to spread the sauce around so it's fairly evenly distributed.
- Tear 3 pieces of sliced provolone cheese in half and place onto the pizza.
- Add ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese followed by the pepperoni, then another ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese.
- Sprinkle with ½ tsp oregano and ½ tsp basil.
- Add remaining toppings as desired, such as green pepper, onion, and Italian sausage.
- Top with ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese and the remaining ¼ cup mozzarella.
- Brush the crust with olive oil (optional).
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is fully melted. I recommend letting the pizza cool for about 10 minutes before serving.