Pizza Action

Tonight I made homemade pizza and calzones from scratch-made dough. I baked taco, buffalo chicken, bbq chicken and Margarita pizzas. We also made two mozzarella, basil and pepperoni calzones. Great success! Pictures show the bbq chicken pizza, calzone and buffalo chicken pizzas.

Crust: (6 small, thin crust pizzas)

3c. Flour

1 packet rapid rise yeast

1.5 tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar or honey

1 tbsp olive oil

1.5c. Warm (120F) water

Cornmeal

Combine dry ingredients and mix. Add in warm water and stir until a nice dough ball forms. Turn onto floured surface and knead until elastic and smooth. It'll be about 8-10 minutes. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and cover. Let sit for 40 minutes. After dough has doubled in size, punch back down and place on very lightly floured surface. Divide into 6 equal parts. Roll into balls and place on a cutting board. Cover with damp towel for 20 minutes to rest. Take each dough ball one at a time and roll out thin into oval like shape, about 12 inches long and 10 wide. Place dough on a cutting board that's surface is well covered in cornmeal.

I made several pizzas, but the Buffalo chicken was:

1/2 lb boneless chicken

1/4c Franks redhot sauce

Few sprigs of cilantro

Mozzarella

Fontina

Cheddar

Ranch dressing

Preheat oven to 475F with a pizza stone inside.

Cut chicken into small pieces and marinate in half the hot sauce for 30 min. Quickly saute the chicken in a hot pan to basically cook the outside. About 2-3 minutes. Paint the prepared pizza crust with the rest of the hot sauce, place chicken on crust evenly. Top with cheeses and chopped cilantro. Sprinkle more hot sauce and ranch dressing if you want. Slide pizza off the cutting board into the oven with a rapid movement. Bake in 475F oven on a pizza stone for 10 minutes. Crust should be crispy and cheese browned. Refer to picture.