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pizza dough- tomato sauce and cheese

pizza dough

Pizza ingredients

Dough:

500 ml water

25 ml olive oil

12gr salt

750 gr flour

7 gr honey

2,5 gr dry yeast

Topping:

Tomato sauce 700 gr

Mozzarella or shredded cheese ideally 200 gr for each pizza so 4X200 gr

This amount is for 4-5 pizza dough you can freeze it after as well

You can also buy anchovies, olives…whatever you like on your pizza !

Preparation:

Dissolve the water and the yeast for 3 min.

Separately, Put 500 gr of flour in a large bowl, make a hollow in the middle add the yeast water mixture, start mixing either by hand or with the hook of a mixer. Add salt and olive oil, then add the rest of the flour, mix for almost 10 minutes.

Form a ball and place in a floured container for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the dough doubles in size.

Degas

Cut into dough pieces of 250 gr. Either freeze or use to form the pizza.

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees

Put the tomato salt and pepper sauce cook for 15 minutes then add the mozzarella, olives, anchovies …

Cook another 5 min.

It is ready to be enjoyed add a few basil leaves before serving.

Italian meat balls

INGREDIENTS for 4

Tomato sauce:

700 gr tomato sauce

5 leaves sweet basil

1 tsp Salt

1 tbsp sugar

pepper

1 onion or celery

30 gr Olive Oil or sunflower oil

Meat balls:

400 gr beef (not ground)

2 slices square bread for toast

5 tbsp of milk

1 egg

50 gr flour

oil

Ustensiles:

Knife

Frying Pan

SaucePan

A lid

Blender

Potato smasher (for the chick peas version only)

Preparation:

Tomato sauce preparation:

Slice the onions into small squares and fry them in Oil in a frying pan. Use a saucepan pour in the onions with the oil, add the tomato sauce add the salt and the sugar simmer, let cook for 20 minutes. Then add the basil leaves at the end.

Recipe of meatballs: take your beef, place in a blender mix it for 5-10 seconds.

Prepare your bread, cut away the crust, cut in small squares, add the milk just to make wet the bread, not much 2 tablespoon of milk should be enough.

Add an egg, salt and pepper.

Keep the meat preparation in the fridge for five to 10 minutes.

Take the meat out again, with the meat make small round balls 3 cm in diameter max.

Coated in flour. Prepare a hot frying pan with oil 3-4 tablespoon of oil. Start to grill the meatballs, they need to be colored on all sides. When all coloured, add them in the ready tomato sauce, add the basil leaves, keep boiling for 5 mn, your dish is ready!

You can serve it with rice, pasta, quinoa…Enjoy!!