Pepperoni Pizza
What can be better than a traditional pepperoni pizza made at home. With two fabulous dough recipes to choose from.
Equipment
- Pizza Stone, Sheet Pan or Cast Iron Skillet
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 16 ounces pizza dough (homemade or store bought)
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce (see below)
- 12 ounces grated mozzarella cheese
- flour for rolling
- olive oil
Quick Pizza Sauce
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce (or one 6-ounce can)
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregao
- pinch sugar
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Place the pizza stone in the center of the oven and pre-heat oven to 450 °F
- Make the quick sauce by stirring the ingredients together, no need to cook it.
- Roll out the dough to about 14-16" circle. If the dough is too elastic or springy, let it rest for 5-10 minutes and try again.
- Add the sauce, using the back of a spoon, spread a light layer of the sauce across the top. Leave about 1/4 inch around the outside edge without sauce. The clean edge will form the outer crust of the pizza.
- Add the grated mozzarella cheese over the sauce.
- Add the pepperoni and/or any additional toppings of your choosing.
- Transfer the dough to a pizza peel, if you don't have a pizza peel slide it onto a flat no-edged cookie sheet instead.
- Using the peel, slide the pizza onto the pre-heated pizza stone. Cook for 8-12 minutes or until the outside crust is a nice golden brown.
- Remove from oven using the pizza peel. Let the pizza rest for a few minutes then slice into serving size pieces.
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