Homemade Pizza

What tastes better than pizza? A HOMEMADE PIZZA, of course. I always prepare the entire pizzas at home, from the dough to the ingredients and the filling to the way me and my children like it. In Lebanon, we have Lebanese pizza called “Man’oushe” which is made out of dough, same as pizza, but filled with either cheese or dried thyme mixed with some olive oil and it’s cooked in a large oven.

My 7 year-old grandson won’t eat any pizza except the one I made because “it is the best pizza ever!” You cant argue with that 🙂

Today I prepared the dough in the morning and let it rest for few hours to let it rise, and then I rolled it and filled it and cooked it; here’s how:

Ingredients for the dough:

• 5 cups of flour
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup of corn oil
• 1 tbsp of instant dried yeast
• water

Preparation:

• Put the flour, the salt and the oil in food processor and mix them for a few minutes
• Then add the yeast and pour the water from the top slowly until all the ingredients form a soft dough
• Rub a bowl with 1 spoon of oil and place the dough inside it and cover it with a towel
• Let it rest and wait until it doubles in volume

In the meantime prepare the filling.

Ingredients for the filling:

• 1 large onion, chopped finely
• 3 red tomatoes cut in small dices
• 1 small can of cut mushroom
• 1/2 cup of black seedless and shredded olives
• 1 tablespoon thyme, 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 tbsp of tomato paste
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup grated emmenthal cheese
• 1 tbsp of corn oil

Preparation:

• In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions
• Add the cut tomatoes to the onions and let it cook gently, then add the mushrooms
• Now you can sprinkle the thyme and oregano
• Add now the black olives and the tomato paste,  cover the pan and let it cook gently on a low heat
• Preheat the oven on 180c
• When the dough is ready and with a rolling pin, roll the dough and put it in a pizza tray
• Sprinkle some thyme over the dough and put the filling on top
• Cover with the two kinds of cheese and bake for about 25 minutes

AND THAT’S IT…. ENJOY:)