The Vitals
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Serving: 1 – 2 people (makes a 10 inch pizza; or slightly larger than a “personal” size pie)
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Preparation Time: One hour (10 minutes of work while the oven preheats for 60 minutes)
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Cook Time: 5 – 8 minutes
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Equipment:
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Baking pan or dish
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Pizza peel
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Pizza cutter
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​Pizza stone (or steel or cast iron)
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Spatula
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Baking sheet (something to remove cooked pizza from the oven)
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Ingredients:
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All purpose (AP) flour​
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Semolina or white rice flour
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Toppings (pepperoni, onions, cheese, red sauce, etc)
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Makin' It
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Get Out: Remove the dough from the freezer 4 – 5 hours or from the refrigerator 2 -3 hours before it’s time to start making pizza.
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Get Hot: About an hour before it’s pizza making time, turn on your oven to its hottest setting with the pizza stone INSIDE.
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Get Ready: Setup your pizza making area with everything ready to go, including your tools and toppings.
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Get it Done: After your oven has preheated and your area is setup, make your pizza a reality. Shape it, top it and get it ready for launch onto that nuclear hot pizza stone.
Bakin' It
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​​Take your pizza peel with your raw masterpiece on top over to the oven.
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Open the door all the way and gently launch that pie on to the pizza stone.
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Close the oven door and set a timer (start with 5 minutes if this is your first time). Check both on top and under the pizza to see if it is done.
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When the pizza is cooked to perfection, carefully remove it from the oven. Let it cool for a few minutes.
​After 2 – 5 minutes, slice your pizza and enjoy.
(If you can’t wait, it’s DoughK. Your pizza will be very hot so don’t incinerate your mouth)