Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 cup onion, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 15 oz can canned Italian tomato
- 6 ounces can tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1 package yeast
- 1 1/3 cup water, lukewarm
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 4 cups flour, sifted
Instructions
Cook onion in oil until soft. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes longer. Add undrained, sliced tomatoes and their liquid, tomato paste, oregano, basil, bay leaf, sugar, 1 Tbsp salt and dash pepper. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 1 hour. Remove bay leaf before pureeing. For dough, dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and add oil. Sift together flour and 1 tsp. salt into a bowl and add yeast mixture. Knead about 10 minutes. Divide dough in half. Cover each and let rise 2 hours. Stretch dough into pizza pan and top with sauce, mozzarella, grated Parmesan, and toppings of your choice. Bake at 450F for 10 - 12 minutes. .
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