Homemade Pizza & Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) warm water (105°F-115°F)
• 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
• 3 3/4 cups (490 g) bread flour
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (omit if cooking pizza in a wood-fired pizza oven)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Cornmeal (to help slide the pizza onto the pizza stone)
• Tomato sauce (smooth, or puréed)
• Firm mozzarella cheese, grated
• Fresh soft mozzarella cheese, separated into small clumps
• Fontina cheese, grated
• Parmesan cheese, grated
• Feta cheese, crumbled
• Mushrooms, very thinly sliced if raw, otherwise first sautéed
• Bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, very thinly sliced
• Italian pepperoncini, thinly sliced
• Italian sausage, cooked ahead and crumbled
• Sliced black olives
• Chopped fresh basil
• Baby arugula, tossed in a little olive oil, added as pizza comes out of the oven
• Pesto
• Pepperoni, thinly sliced
• Onions, thinly sliced raw or caramelized
• Ham, thinly sliced