Pizza (Crust and Topping)
Ingredients
Crust (yeast)
2 1/4 t yeast (or 1 pkg) 1 cup warm water (lukewarm but NOT hot) 1 1/2 t sugar Crust (dry ingredients)
3 cups flour 1/2 t salt 1 t oregano 1 t basil 1/2 t rosemary (crush in mortar and pestle) 5-10 dried tomato slices (cut up) Crust (wet ingredients)
2 T olive oil 1/2 cup water (warm) Topping (bottom layer)
sauce 1 red pepper, chopped (frozen is fine) 20-25 calamari olives, chopped 1 fresh tomato (chopped) and/or dried tomatoes (cut up) fresh basil leaves (cut up) - optional Topping (top layer)
1 small onion, chopped fine 5-10 mushrooms, chopped fine 1/2 pkg tofu, cut into small pieces Directions
Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand 5 minutes. Mix together dry ingredients in separate bowl. Add dry ingredients and wet ingredients to yeast mixture. Stir well (using dough whisk). Let rest at least 15 minutes (several hours is better). Roll pizza dough onto floured surface. Transfer to parchment paper on pizza peel. Mix topping bottom layer ingredients together in bowl and spread on pizza dough. Mix topping top layer and sprinkle evenly on top. Preheat oven to 450. Bake for 20-22 minutes with parchment paper directly on oven rack. Use pizza "peel" to get pizza in and out of the oven.