Here is a great healthy recipe for pizza crust that will leave you wanting to make this all the time!
Spelt Pizza Crust
Recipe adapted from The Girl Can't Cook by Cinda Chavich
Ingredients: - 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil (you think Pizza Hut puts that little oil in their dough? think again - try about 2 cups of oil per pizza + toppings!!!)
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- cornmeal for dusting
- pizza stone is optional, but not required
Method:
- Place the flour, yeast and salt in the food processor and whirl briefly. Combine the olive oil, warm water, and sugar. With the machine running, slowly add the liquid, until the dough comes together in a ball. You can add up to 1/4 cup more warm water if you need - the dough should be smooth but soft.
- Set dough aside in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap while you whip up the sauce and prep the toppings.
- Preheat the oven to 500F.
- Divide dough in two and roll out each piece of dough to fit on your baking sheet. Top liberally with pizza sauce and desired toppings. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until the bottoms of the pizzas are golden and crisp and the cheese is melted.
- Let pizza stand on cutting board for two minutes prior to cutting (if you can bear to wait that long!!!)
*note this amount of dough makes enough for two rectangular thin crust pizzas.
*Topping ideas: I did two pizzas - one had mexican salami, capacolla, mozzarella cheese, and roasted red pepper. The other had sauteed garlic mushrooms, roasted garlic pieces, goat cheese and roasted red pepper.
Happy Cooking my Friends!
Nothing beats home-made pizza. Urs looks yummy...And the best thing is we can reduce the amount of oil/cheese as per our preferences and make it more healthy than the restaurants.
ReplyDeleteI love homemade pizza! I love your healthy recipe for the dough - I am always happy when I can eat guilt free.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! It definitely always feels better when you know something is healthier for you. :)
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