Fridays are always a wonderful day to have family and friends gatherings. Today we were only the family because of quarantine season. When we gather for a special ocasion at home everyone involucrates. Pizzas are always the most economical and easy meal to prepare when sharing with a big group.

We are 9 people at home and we end up cooking 5 trays of pizzas. One of my boys prepare the tomato sauce, my oldest boy helped me stretching the dough, the children decorated the pizzas, my husband washes the dishes, the other children help with the rest. I am going to prepare the dough and of course I tell everyone what to do and how to do it. I enjoy teaching my family how to cook the family recipes because one day they have to do it without my help.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 1.5 kilo of plain flour
• 100 grams of butter
• 30 grams of yeast
• 2 cups of water
• 2 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 extra cup of water

Preparation of dough:

• In a small pan add the 2 cups of water and the 2 tablespoon of sugar and warm at a temperature of 37°C
• add the yeast and leave untill it grows
• place the 1.3 kilos of flour in a big bowl
• keep 200 grams of flour to knead the dough
• add the butter and salt to the flour
• work the butter with your fingers
• add the yeast and start mixing the ingredients with your hands
• add more water if necesary
• care not to add too much water
• the dough must not be sticky
• place the dough in the same bowl and cover with a wet cloth
• wait untill it doubles its size
• divide it in four parts if you want a sicilian pizza (thick mass)
• I divided in 5 parts to make pizza thin and crispy

Ingredients to decorate the pizza:

• mozzarella cheese
• tomato sauce made with 10 tomatoes or a commercial one
• onions cut in slices
• green peppers cut in long pieces
• mushrooms cut in small pieces
• oregano
• I used some soft white cheese on top
• you can add ham, sausages, olives, and any othe ingredient of your taste

• grease the trays
• extend the dough on the table and place it on the trays using the roll
• it hasn't got to be perfect
• add the mozzarella cheese and the rest of the ingredients
• cook in the oven for about 40 minutes