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Prior to going to open mat on a Sunday, I made the pizza dough. It doubled in size when I returned.

Ingredients for the Pizza Dough. Yeast, hot water, flours.
Before Jiu Jitsu Open Mat
After Open Mat

Ingredients

  • Pizza Dough
  • 2 cups all purpose flour

  • 1 cup bread flour

  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

  • 1 package yeast

  • 1 cup hot water

  • 1 tablespoon diastolic malt powder or 1 tablespoon sugar (or both)

  • Sauce
  • 1 cup tomatoes freshly crushed (or 1 can)

  • Cloves of garlic

  • Chopped onion

  • 1 can tomato paste (small)

  • Herbs (fresh basil, parsley) or dried herbs (Herb de Provence)

  • Mushrooms (optional)

Fresh Basil
Sauteeing onions and garlic before adding the tomatoes
Pizza Sauce simmering

Ingredients for Toppings

  • Sausage – Cooked and greased drained

  • Mozzerella

  • Parmesan Cheese

  • Any vegetables such as tomato slices, garlic, onion, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, etc.

Sausage – Draining the grease
Shredding Mozzerella
Toppings

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 425 (Viking) or 350 (regular oven).
    Once the dough has had ample time to rise, cook the dough by itself for 5 minutes.
  • Add sauce and sausage
  • Add toppings
  • Cook again for 5-10 minutes until the toppings start showing signs of crisping
  • Add mozzerella (enough to cover the pizza) and parmesa cheese
  • Cook again until the cheese is bubbly and thoroughly melted
  • Take out of the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes before cutting into slices.
Delicious chessy homemade pizza

I served the pizza with a side salad with toasted pine nuts.

Raw Pine Nuts sauteeing in Olive Oil
Toasted Pine Nuts
Chopped Kale, Romaine, and Spinach

Check out the post on how to make homemade salad dressings. Homemade dressings with homemade Mayonnaise

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