Homemade Whole Wheat Pizza Crust, Marsala Mushrooms, & Quick SkilletOrange Tomato Sauce!

I make pizza at least once a week, sometimes twice! I have found luck with purchasing frozen or fresh dough from the prepared food section of my local Wegmans. But over the past month I have really wanted to take on the task of making my own homemade dough. With doing this, I am able to control the ingredients that go into the recipe. I tried a few different recipes I found on the internet and this is the best recipe I have tested by far for a whole wheat pizza dough. It’s a fluffy soft pizza crust with a crisp bottom and delicious flavor.

I made two batches of dough and baked them in a half sheet baking pan to give the pizza a nice crust. One side is his, one side is hers. For “her "side, I made a vegetarian marsala mushroom topping; for “his” side I cooked Italian sweet chicken sausage. The sauce is a special quick skillet sauce that I make and freeze for homemade pizza. It is combination of red, yellow and orange tomatoes. So quick and totally flavorful! See the recipes below for the dough, marsala mushroom topping, and quick skillet sauce.

 

100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

Recipe from tablespoon.com

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, plus more for dusting
• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 
• 3/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup warm water 
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 
• 1 tablespoon sugar

PROCESS:

1. In a small bowl, combine yeast, water and 1 tsp sugar. Let sit for five minutes.
2. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 2 cups flour, salt and remaining sugar. Make a well in the center and add yeast mixture and olive oil.
3. Stir using the paddle attachment or a spoon until the dough just comes together, then knead, either by hand or in a stand mixer fixed with the dough hook, for about 5 minutes (3-4 minutes if using stand mixer). Add remaining flour in 1 tbsp increments just until dough pulls away from sides of the bowl or is no longer sticky.
4. Shape dough into a ball, place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with lightly greased plastic wrap to rise until doubled, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
5. Punch down risen dough, shape into a ball and place on a lightly floured surface. Roll out into a circle of desired crust thickness and let rest about 10 minutes (I did a rectangle).
6. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Place pizza in oven and bake about 5 minutes. Take crust out of the oven and add your sauce and toppings. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and toppings are baked. Let pizza rest for about 10 minutes before slicing.

Marsala Mushroom Pizza Topping

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 8oz. organic sliced mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
• 4 tablespoons of marsala wine
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley

PROCESS: 

1. On a sauté pan on medium add extra virgin olive oil, let the olive oil heat up.
2. Add mushrooms salt pepper and garlic powder and toss mushrooms in the pan to coat with the olive oil.
3. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of flour and sauté for a 2 minutes.
4. Add 4 tablespoons of marsala wine and toss mushrooms in the pan.
5. Let simmer on low for 5 minutes. Mushrooms will be covered lightly covered in marsala sauce but enough to be the sauce for your pizza.
6. Sprinkle with fresh parsley.
7. Add topping to your pizza.

Quick Skillet Orange Tomato Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 lbs. assorted tomato medley
• 4-6 garlic cubes
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ teaspoon oregano
• ¼ teaspoon basil
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

PROCESS:

1. Coat a large skillet with olive oil and add tomatoes, garlic, salt & pepper, dried oregano, dried basil, and red pepper flakes. Bring heat to high until you see juices extracting from tomatoes.
2. Add sugar and lower heat to a simmer. Let tomatoes sit on the stove for 20 minutes.
3. Using an immersion blender or a blender, blend until you get a thick sauce consistency.
4. Use on pizza , pasta or meat. I like to freeze my sauce in little jars and defrost as needed.

 

All of these recipes can be used together or separately to add your own spin on the process!!

Enjoy! XO

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