The Best Pizza Recipes - Every civilization, we may say, has known different kinds of flat buns, pies or the like based on a dough made of cereal and water and various seasonings.
It is a form of food that no doubt resembles pizza. The ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea offer a wide range of examples of those that can be considered the ancestors of the pizza as we moderns know it.
So from Egypt to Greece to Rome and Pompeii, we find many examples of dishes that remember pizza in their ingredients, composition and cooking.
In the ancient Egypt the custom was to celebrate the birthday of the Pharaoh by eating a flat bun seasoned with herbs, the greek historian Herodotus reports several Babylonian recipes while in VII B.C. Archilocus, the poet-soldier, in some lines informs us to have on his spear's tip his "kneaded bun", the typical food of the soldier.
Greece shows to have known a wide range of examples that can be considered "archetipal" versions of pizza: flat pies or buns of all kinds appear to be very popular and widespread foods all over the classic age.
We find numerous testimonies of greek writers regarding these different kinds of "pizza", the so called "maza" in ancient greek: testimonies that punctually we meet again in the Latin world and ancient Rome where, among other leavened or not versions of this bun, we find the "placenta" and the "offa", prepared with water and barley, the cereal which the alimentation of the Latins was based on.
Obviously as the website evolves we will learn the specific regional recipes. In the meantime lets post as many seafood recipes as possible. Again I stress the importance of contacting us if you feel we can use new recipes or new information.
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Pizza Recipe List
Basic P:izza Dough | ||||||||||
Ingredients: 2 envelopes (16 gram total) dry yeast As a rule 2 cups of flour makes a regular crust 16" pizza. This recipe is for 4 regular crust 16" pizza's. Description: 1 In a seperate measuring cup add 1/2 cup of luke warm and add 2 envelopes yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar. Mix and let sit for 6 to 10 minutes. |
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Fresh tomato sauce topping (secret recipe) | ||||||||||
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons Pure Olive Oil 45 mL Directions: 1 It is very important that you heat the oil and add the onions first and the garlic second and fry them to a light golden brown. This pizza sauce recipe will allow you to spread sauce on 4 large 16" pizzas. recipe courtesy Pizzazz Pizza (circa 1989) |
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Traditional All Dressed Pizza | ||||||||||
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons Pure Olive Oil 45 mL Directions: 1 It is very important that you heat the oil and add the onions first and the garlic second and fry them to a light golden brown. This pizza sauce recipe will allow you to spread sauce on 4 large 16" pizzas. recipe courtesy Pizzazz Pizza (circa 1989) Ingredients: 2 envelopes (16 gram total) dry yeast As a rule 2 cups of flour makes a regular crust 16" pizza. This recipe is for 4 regular crust 16" pizza's. Description: 1 In a seperate measuring cup add 1/2 cup of luke warm and add 2 envelopes yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar. Mix and let sit for 6 to 10 minutes. When dressing the pizza you need the following ingredients: 12 mushrooms Description: 1 Spread dough gently when ready and spread it so it fits a round pizza cooking pan, well oiled.
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Seafood Pizza Santa Elisabetta (family recipe) | ||||||||||
Ingredients for pizza sauce 6 tbsp Pure Olive Oil 45 mL Description for pizza sauce 1• It is very important that you heat the oil and add the onions first and the garlic second and fry them to a light golden brown. As a rule 2 cups of flour makes a regular thin crust 20" X 14" rectangular pizza. For a thicker crust add more flour Ingredients: for pizza dough 2 envelopes of active yeast Description: 1 Put the yeast, sugar, olive oil, tenderflake, two eggs, milk and 7-up into a large bowl and let sit for 5 minutes, until the yeast dissolves and the liquid appears creamy. When dressing the pizza you need the following ingredients: 16 large shrimps Description: 1Spread dough gently when ready and spread it so it fits a rectangular cooking pan, well oiled.
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Margherita Pizza | ||||||||||
Ingredients: Sauce 2 Tbsp. olive oil Description: 1 Cut tomatoes into chunks and lightly saute in oil with garlic and salt. Drain and set aside. |
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Foccacia Style Pizza | ||||||||||
Ingredients: Dough (above) Description: Dough should be smooth and elastic. Divide in two and form each half into a smooth ball. |
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