Pizza
Favorite food poll ? One of the top 10 is pizza. Hawaiian pizza is right there in the top of the food poll since our trip to Oahu ..(Oahu Hawaii, the gathering place) .. the pizza? Pineapple and Canadian bacon.
Oahu + Canadian Bacon + 
pineapple = 
Hawaiian pizza
Life & Culture of the DenverPost May 1 2019 writes Pizza, Perfect. my question becomes … How may types of Pizza and what is perfect – not a practice pizza?
Where did it originate? Wikipedia explains ‘The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania.‘ .
“I like this part” ‘The Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (lit. True Neapolitan Pizza Association) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples that aims to promote traditional Neapolitan pizza. In 2009, upon Italy’s request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish,and in 2017 the art of its making was included on UNESCO‘s list of intangible cultural heritage.‘
National Pizza Month occurs for the month of October. During this time observe National Pizza Month by consuming various types of pizzas. Types of Pizza include thin crust, NY style pizza, Neapolitan Crust, Sicilian Style, Chicago Deep Dish, Margherita …
Pizza Dough
Equipment
- BBG
- Food Mixer
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 pkg active yeast buy fresh. the old one in the cupboard is no longer active
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 3/4 cup warm water ~ == 105F
- 2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with the honey
- in the mixing bowl add the flour, salt, 2 tablespoons of oil, dissolved yeast. add the remaining warm water and knead on low for 5 minutes.
- turn out onto the counter and knead for a few minutes. Let the dough Rise in a warm spot 30 minutes (as the dough rises – have it covered with a damp tea towel).
- divide the dough into 4 balls and pull into pizza shape by pulling the edges and turning the edges under. 5 times each one.
- Roll into a ball until smooth. about one minute. Cover with the damp tea towel and let rest for 20 minutes. you can refrigerate for upto 2 days.
- preheat the oven with the pizza stone in the over to 525F … or fire up the barbeque.
- The final step for the dough is to roll out on a lightly floured surface. Press into a 8 inch circle.
- Brush lightly and arrange topping
- bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the oven …
Option ii Grill the pizza
- keep the topping simple. Fire up the barbeque into 2 zones of Hot to firm up the dough, medium to cook through and melt toppings.
- Make the dough as noted above – with out separating into 4 portions balls. Now – when rolling out the pizza dough – form it to a half sheet pan (oiled). the dough is an approximate 9 x 13 rectangle.
- once ready – flop the dough off the sheet pan, ontop the barbeque grill. Brush the top (soon to be the bottom) with oil. When the bottom is brown and blister (take a peak) … Now with confidence … flip over ( i know Yikes! it works with a spatula and a tong .)
- when the second side is cooked at the most 2 minutes, slide over to the medium heat side and add the toppings. Cook another 4 minutes until the toppings are melted and place on a platter for serving.