Pizza

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup onion, minced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans canned italian tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
• 1 1/3 cups water, lukewarm
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cook onion in oil until soft; add garlic and cook 2 minutes longer.
• 2 add undrained, sliced tomatoes and their liquid, tomato paste, oregano, basil, bay leaf, sugar, 1 tbsp salt and dash pepper.
• 3 bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 1 hour.
• 4 remove bay leaf before pureeing.
• 5 for dough, dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and add oil.
• 6 sift together flour and 1 teaspoons salt into a bowl and add yeast mixture.
• 7 knead about 10 minutes.
• 8 divide dough in half.
• 9 cover each piece of dough and let rise 2 hours.
• 10 stretch dough into pizza pan.
• 11 top with sauce, mozzarella, grated parmesan, and toppings of your choice.
• 12 bake at 450 degrees fahrenheit for 10 to 12 minutes.