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Homemade ham and cheese pizza with Italian crust from scratch

Prep Time1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: italian crust, oven pizza, pizza, pizza from scratch
Servings: 4

Ingredients

For the dough youwill need:

  • 17.6 oz all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp all purpose flour for the yeast mixture
  • 0,74 oz compressed fresh yeast or 1 packet of instant dry yeast
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 11.8 floz luke warm water
  • 1/2 tbsp salt

Toppings

  • 10 oz tomatoe sauce
  • 14 oz cheese gouda or monzarella
  • 8.8 oz ham or prosciuto
  • 8 piece olives
  • 2 dash oregano
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

  • First, make the yeast mixture. Crumble the yeast in a cup and add sugar, flour, and about 0,5 cup of look warm water which you took from the whole quantity. Gently stir it and set aside at room temperature for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  • After 15 minutes, sift the flour into a bowl. Make a small hole and put in the salt. Mix just a bit and then pour in the yeast mixture and lukewarm water. Mix until ingredients start to combine.
  • Then transfer the dough onto a working surface and knead it until you get a smooth Doug, about 10-12 minutes.
  • Of course, you can also use your handy dough mixture if you don’t want to knead it with your hands.
  • When you are finished, dust the bowl with some flour and transfer the dough into it. Cover it with a cloth and leave it to rest on a room temperature for 1 hour.After an hour, just put the dough a bit together and leave it for another hour.
  • First, cut the dough into equal parts. Dust the dough with some flour and form it into a square. Transfer the dough onto a baking dish – a square one is best.
  • Take your toppings and arrange them on top of the dough. First, the tomato sauce, then add ham or prosciutto. Arrange the cheese nicely. Then add some oregano and olives. At last, take some olive oil and gently drizzle it on the outside crust to get a crunchy outer crust.
  • When making a pizza with this dough, it is essential to rest the prepared pizza for about 15 minutes before baking. If you don’t, the pizza won’t be that soft.
  • Bake it for around 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 275 C (520F).
    When done, arrange it with some arugula or basil leaves and serve.