Healthy Wholewheat Pizza Recipe

Pizzas can be healthy too. This homemade pizza dough has whole wheat crust and is topped with fresh vegetables and cheese.I like to roll my dough thin to make each slice more healthy. So next time when you are craving for pizza and don't want the fat , try this healthy alternative pizaa dough recipe and enjoy.



Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour:- 2 Cups
All Purpose flour:- 1 Cup
Flax Seed Powder:- 1/4 Cup
Warm water:- 1 cup
Yeast:-1 Tbsp
Sugar:- 2 Tbsp
Oil:-1/4 Cup
Salt:- 1/2 Tsp


For toppings:-

Capsicum, Onion, Mushroom, Olives (thinly sliced)
Mozzarella cheese 1-2 cup


Procedure:-

1. Warm the water in the microwave. Make sure it is not hot otherwise it will kill the yeast.

2. Mix yeast, sugar, salt, oil and warm water together in a bowl. Leave it for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes you should see a froth appearing on this mixture. This indicates that yeast is active and it will do a great job on your dough.

3. Add wholewheat flour, all purpose flour and flax seed in the above mixture (from step 2), mix everything well , make this into dough. You may have to adjust the water or flour little bit as needed. When adjusting do it 1-2 tablespoons at a time.

4. After making dough cover dough with some oil so that it doesn't dry while we let it to rise or you can cover it with food wrap also.

5. For best rising, select temp as 350F and bake time one minute, turn the oven off after one minute even if it says preheat. The idea is to create a warm environment for the yeast to do its work. Cover the dough with food wrap and let dough rest inside this warm place for 1.5-2 hours. The dough will double in size.

6. Since you have now at least 1.5 hours. This is the best time to prepare toppings. I use canned olives, fresh bell peppers, Onions, mushroom etc. Also make sure you measure cheese 1 or 2 cups and leave it to thaw.

7. Punch down this dough and now form it into sphere. Grease the pizza pan with some oil and then put spherical dough in the center of pizza pan and form it into a disk. I do this by hands and not by rolling pin( you can use the rolling pin if you wish). Make it at least 12" large in diameter so make sure pizza pan is large enough. I use 15"X14" rectangle pan.

8. Let dough stand for 20 more minutes. Spread 1/2 of the cheese and then put other toppings and finally finish with remaining cheese.

9. Bake the pizza for 15 minutes at bottom most rack in oven at 450. Make sure the oven is preheated before you put the pizza in.

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Perfect Thin Crust Pizza Recipe

This is the fastest easiest way to make the best pizza ever. Quick, easy, great flavor, and the texture is absolutely perfect.



Source:- Cook's Illustrated Thin-Crust Pizza

Ingredients:-

For the dough:
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Bread flour, plus more for work surface:- 3 Cups (16 1/2 ounces)
Sugar:- 2 Tsp
Instant or rapid-rise yeast:- 1/2 Tsp
Ice water (about 10 1/2 ounces):- 1 1/3 cups
Vegetable oil, plus more for work surface:-1 Tbsp
Table salt:- 1 1/2 Tsp


For the sauce:-
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Whole peeled tomatoes, drained and liquid discarded:-1 (28-ounce) can
Extra-virgin olive oil:-1 Tbsp
Red wine vinegar:-1 Tsp
Garlic cloves, minced or pressed through garlic press:-2 medium (about 2 teaspoons)
Table salt:-1 teaspoon
Ground black pepper:-1/4 Tsp
Dried oregano:-1 Tsp


For the cheese:
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1 ounce finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 1/2 cup)
8 ounces whole milk mozzarella, shredded (about 2 cups)


Procedure:-

FOR THE DOUGH
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1) In food processor fitted with metal blade, process flour, sugar and yeast until combined, about 2 seconds. With machine running, slowly add water through feed tube; process until dough is just combined and no dry flour remains, about 10 seconds. Let dough stand for 10 minutes.

2) Add oil and salt to dough and process until dough forms a satiny, sticky ball that clears sides of workbowl, 30-60 seconds. Remove dough and knead briefly on lightly oiled countertop until smooth, about 1 minutes. Shape dough into tight ball and place in large lightly oiled bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 3 days.

FOR THE SAUCE:-
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3) Process tomatoes, oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, oregano and pepper in food processor until smooth, about 30 seconds. Transfer to medium bowl and refrigerate until ready to use

TO BAKE:-
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4) One hour before baking pizza, adjust rack in oven to second highest position, about 4-5 inches below broiler. Set pizza stone on rack and heat oven to 500 degrees. Remove dough from refrigerator and divide in half. Shape each half into smooth, tight ball. Place on lightly oiled baking sheet, spacing them at least 3" apart. Cover loosely with plastic wrap coated with non-stick spray; let stand for 1 hour.

5) Coat 1 ball of dough generously with flour and place on well floured countertop. Using fingers gently flatten into 8" disk, leaving 1" of outer edge slightly thicker than center. Using hands, gently stretch dough disk into 12" round, working along edges and giving disk quarter turns as you stretch. Transfer dough to a well floured peel and stretch into 13" round. Using back of spoon or ladle, spread 1/2 c tomato sauce in a thin layer over the surface of dough, leaving 1/4" border around edge. Sprinkle 1/4 c Parmesan evenly over sauce, followed by 1 c mozzarella. Slide pizza carefully onto stone and bake until crust is well browned and cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown, 10-12 minutes, rotating pizza halfway through. Remove pizza and place on wire rack for 5 minutes before slicing and serving. Repeat this with second ball of dough

Enjoy:)

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