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Pizza Crust Varieties
 | Course: Main Course
Duration: 30 mins < 60 mins
Key Ingredients: whole wheat, soy flour, cornmeal, black pepper, dry yeast |
Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
Ingredients:- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 package active dry yeast or instant yeast
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tbso vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp honey or sugar
Method:- To prepare pizza dough, stir whole wheat flour; lightly spoon into a measuring cup and level flour.
- In large mixing bowl, combine whole wheat flour, yeast and salt.
- Blend
in water, oil and honey or sugar. Stir by hand vigorously until all
ingredients are well mixed; about 3 minutes.
- Cover with plastic wrap
and let rise to desired size.
- Place dough in greased 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan or 12 to 14-inch
pizza pan. Press dough to cover bottom of pan and up sides to form a
rim.
- Pre-heat oven to 425° F
- Bake
in oven 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and toppings
are done.
Soy Flour Pizza Crust
Ingredients:- 1 cup soy flour
- ½ cup neutral-tasting protein powder (I used whey)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1½ teaspoon oregano or other Italian seasoning
- pinch pinch black pepper and/or cayenne or other hot pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1-2 teaspoons worth of sugar substitute
- 3 Tablespoons oil (olive or other)
- ¼ cup water (approximately)
Method:- Mix dry ingredients together, and add oil, and water. Combine
well. The mixture will be sticky, but should hold together. Soy flours
differ, so you may need to add a little more water.
- Spread dough out on well-greased pan or silicone mat. Wet your hands or spatula so you can
spread it out smoothly.
- Heat oven to 375° F
- Bake for about 10-14 minutes, or until light brown. Remove from
oven and cover with pizza toppings. Replace in oven and finish baking
- Servings: 6 servings of the crust
Cornmeal Pizza Crust
Ingredients:- 1/2 cup warm (not hot!) water
- 1 1/4 tbsp active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 2 3/4 - 3 1/4 cups flour, divided
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
Method:- In a medium bowl combine water, yeast, sugar, cornmeal and 1 1/4 cups flour; mix thoroughly. Let rest 5 minutes.
- Add oil, salt and enough flour to form a ball. Knead, adding flour as needed, about 3 to 5 minutes or until not sticky.
- Place
dough in a sealable bowl or plastic bag sprayed with non-stick spray.
Let rest 15 minutes. (This can be refrigerated all day.)
- Coat pizza pans with cooking spray.
- Divide dough in half and pat or roll out to fit pizza pans,
forming a slight edge on the dough. Prick holes in dough and bake for
about 8 minutes. (Dough should be set but not brown.) Top with your
favorite ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 425° F
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is browned.
- Servings: 2 large 18-inch thin-crust or 2 medium 12-inch thick-crust pizzas
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