Pizza...

Known worldwide as a most delicious food, who doesn't love a good slice or 15?

Such a customizable dish, there are options for vegetarians and vegans, omnivores, meat lovers, regional specific fare like "Greek" or "Hawaiian" pizzas, breakfast pizza, dessert pizza...

There's gluten free crust, low carb cauliflower crust, nourishing traditions savvy sourdough, and the classic: A little chewy, soft and tender, slightly fluffy around the edges with yeasty air pockets white flour "italian" crust.

And, there are specialty pizzas like "Christmas Dinner" topped with turkey, stuffing, cranberry suce and gravy, and Double Bacon Cheeseburger with onion rings.

I know, I've had that last one, and it is delicious.
In fact, I've never met a pizza I didn't like.

You can put whatever you feel like or have kicking around in the fridge on a pizza, and it will be delicious.

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I'm going to share with you my version of pizza today.

Maybe you'll see what a joy it is to make and try making it yourself!

First, the dough...

I've made all sorts of doughs. Whole wheat, spelt, cauliflower, sourdough levened, coconut flour, soaked... And white. It always comes back to all purpose white flour and bread yeast for me. The texture and taste with this combo beats any other in my opinion. So I'm sticking with it!

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Canadian Style Pizza

"The best" Pizza Dough

• 4 cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 and 1/4ish cups of water
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp active dry yeast

What I do is add everything into my bread machine, set it to "dough", and keep an eye on it to see if it needs a little more water. You want a smooth dough, not crumbly, not sticky.
If you're making it by hand, mix all the ingredients together and knead it to a smooth dough, then let it rise an hour in a bowl covered with a hand towel.

While the dough is rising, prepare the toppings!

Today I'm topping my masterpiece with sweet yellow peppers, jalapenos, onion, olives, marble cheese, feta cheese, pepperoni, and spicy kolbassa sausage.

After the dough has risen, punch it down and split it in two. Roll out half on a floured surface. I have yet to master stretching the dough by hand while spinning it in the air. I'm okay with that.

Put the dough on your pan, and add a layer of really good sauce. Sauce makes all the difference. I made this sauce from fresh local tomatoes and herbs from my garden this past summer. This is the last jar, so this coming summer I need to make three times as much!

Then, I like to add the veggies.

Meats come next...

And the cheeses!

Pop into the oven at 400° and set the timer for 15 minutes.

And Enjoy!

Do you make pizza at home? What are you're favorite toppings? I'd love to hear from you below :)

Much love,
@amymya