No Fail Pizza Dough And Homemade Sauce

I want to share a fun hot meal today. It is a very grand flat round pie. The name is no fail pizza dough and homemade sauce. I love to make this warm food in my own home. It is the best way to eat a hot fresh meal. It makes my whole house smell like sweet bread. It smells like hot red garlic too. I will tell you exactly how I make it. I will tell you my sad past fails too.

A Need For Hot Fresh Bread

It was a long hard day last week. I sat at my home desk for many hours. I write food words for my own blog all day long. My tired hands felt very sore and stiff. The clock struck six in the dark night. I had a big crave for hot fresh food. I wanted a hot flat round pie.

But I did not want to order out. Food in a box gets cold too fast. The crust gets wet and sad in the box. I wanted a fresh crisp bite. I walked to my clean kitchen. I saw a big bag of dry white flour. I saw a red tin can of crushed tomatoes. I knew just what to make. I would make a fast hot flat pie. It is a very smart way to end a long hard work day.

My Big Past Kitchen Fail

I try new home foods all the time. But I fail a whole lot too. I must tell you the clear truth. My first time doing this went so very wrong. I was in a big rush that dark night. I made the wet dough too fast. I used hot boiling water from the stove.

I poured the hot water on the dry yeast. The hot water killed the yeast dead. The soft dough did not grow tall at all. It stayed flat like a hard wet rock. I baked it in the hot oven. It came out like a hard dry brick. It was so bad and hard to chew. I broke my small white plate. I had to throw it all in the trash bin. I felt so mad at myself. Good fresh food costs hard cash. I learned a huge rule that sad day. You must use warm tap water. Do not use hot boiling water.

The Simple Tools You Need

You do not need big fancy chef tools for this. You just need basic plain home things. I keep my kitchen tools very simple and clean. Too many tools make me feel stressed out. A big wet mess makes me feel bad. Here is what I use to make this hot flat dish.

My Tool Chart

The Fresh Food Parts You Need

Let us talk about the sweet fresh food. Good pure food needs good raw parts. I buy all this at my local food shop. It does not cost a ton of cash. This makes me smile a big warm smile. I will break it down for you right now.

The Dry Dough Parts

You need dry white bread flour. This makes the soft crust very crisp and tall. You need dry active yeast. The yeast makes the flat dough puff up big. You need fine white salt. You need a pinch of sweet white sugar. The sweet sugar feeds the dry yeast. You need warm tap water. You need a splash of dark olive oil.

The Wet Red Sauce Parts

You need a big tin can of crushed red tomatoes. You need fresh white garlic cloves. You need fresh green basil leaves. You need a small splash of dark olive oil. You need a pinch of white fine salt. You need a pinch of black ground spice.

How To Make The No Fail Pizza Dough

We will make the soft dough first. This is a very fun step to do. It takes a bit of time but it is worth it. You must take great care with the raw fresh food.

Step One Mix The Dry Dust

Take your big clear glass bowl. Put the dry white bread flour in it. Add the fine white salt. Stir it with a small metal fork. Make a deep hole in the dead center of the white dust.

Take a small glass cup. Put the warm tap water in the cup. Add the dry yeast. Add the sweet white sugar. Let it sit for five short minutes. It will foam up like a thick soft cloud. This means the yeast is wide awake and glad.

Step Two Add The Wet Parts

Pour the wet yeast foam into the deep hole in the big bowl. Pour the dark olive oil in too. Take your long wood spoon. Stir it all up very slow.

The dry white dust will drink up all the wet parts. It will look like a big rough shaggy mess. Do not fear this wet mess. It is just how it should look right now.

Step Three Knead It Smooth

Now comes the hard fun work. Dust your clean counter with dry white flour. Dump the wet shaggy mess on the white dust. Wash your bare hands very well.

Use your clean hands to push the dough hard. Push it far away from you. Then fold it right back to you. Do this hard push and fold for ten long minutes. It is a great arm work out. The rough wet mess will turn into a soft smooth round ball. It will feel just like a soft baby cheek.

The Long Warm Rest

Now the soft dough needs to rest. Wash your big glass bowl clean. Dry it with a soft cloth. Rub a drop of dark oil inside the big bowl. Put the smooth round dough ball in the warm bowl.

Cover the top of the bowl with a clean wet cloth. Put the bowl in a warm dark place. I put mine in the cool off oven. Let it rest for one full hour. The yeast will eat the sweet sugar. The soft dough will puff up and grow twice its size. It looks like pure food magic.

How To Make The Homemade Sauce

While the dough rests, we make the hot red sauce. This is my top fun step to do. Put your deep soup pot on the hot stove. Turn the heat to a low soft flame.

Step One Cook The Sweet Garlic

Pour a small splash of dark oil in the hot pot. Chop your fresh white garlic up very small. Put the raw garlic in the warm oil. Let it cook for one short minute. You will smell a deep sweet scent.

Do not let the garlic turn dark brown. Brown garlic tastes very bad and bitter. Keep it light and soft.

Step Two Add The Red Tomatoes

Now open your big tin can of red tomatoes. Pour the wet red crushed fruit into the warm pot. You will hear a loud happy sizzle sound. Add your fine white salt. Add your dark black spice.

Take your long wood spoon. Stir it all up very well. Tear some fresh green basil leaves up. Drop the green leaf bits right in the red hot sauce.

Step Three Let It Cook Slow

Put a heavy lid on the hot pot. Turn the stove heat very low. Let it bubble soft and slow on the hot stove. It needs to cook for thirty long minutes.

The red sauce will get very thick and rich. The sweet garlic flavor will mix deep into the sour red fruit. Stir it every five minutes so it does not burn the pot base. When it is done, take it off the hot stove. Let it cool down a bit.

Time And Cost Facts

I love to track my home food math. It helps me save my hard cash. It helps me plan my busy week out. This fresh round pie is cheap to make. Look at my math chart below to see the facts.

My Math Chart

How To Build The Flat Pie

The long wait is done. The dough is now huge and soft. Take the wet cloth off the big glass bowl. Punch the soft dough right in the dead center. It will let out a big puff of air.

Take the dough out. Put it on the clean dry counter. Use a heavy wood pin to roll it out flat. Roll it into a big round shape. Do not make it too thin. If it is too thin, it will rip a big hole.

Put the flat raw dough on your big flat bake pan. Take a big scoop of your cool red homemade sauce. Put it right in the center of the flat dough. Use the back of a large metal spoon. Spread the red sauce in a wide slow circle. Leave a bare white edge all the way around. This bare edge will turn into the tall crisp crust.

Add The White Cheese

Now you need to add the rich white cheese. I buy a big block of soft white cheese. I grate it all myself with a hand tool. It melts so much better this way. Pre cut cheese has a weird dry dust on it. The dust stops it from melting well.

Make a big pile of soft cheese. Spread it all over the wet red sauce. Make an even flat layer. Reach the far edges of the red sauce. The thick cheese will protect the wet sauce. It keeps it from drying out in the hot oven.

How To Bake It Very Hot

You must bake this very hot to win. Turn your stove oven on as hot as it can go. I set mine to five hundred degrees. Let it get very hot inside. It might take thirty full minutes to get that hot.

Put your big flat pan in the hot oven. Shut the heavy hot door. Set your loud timer for twelve short minutes. It bakes very fast in the high heat. Stand by the hot stove and watch it bake. You will see the white cheese bubble up fast.

How To Know It Is Done

The loud oven timer will ring. Open the hot heavy door. Look at the hot flat food. The bare crust should be a dark golden brown color. It should puff up very tall.

The white cheese should have nice dark brown spots on top. The hot red sauce should bubble at the hard edges. Use your thick cloth oven mitts. Pull the big hot pan out. Set it on the cool stove top. Let the hot food rest for five short minutes.

The Best Way To Eat It

Now comes the very best part. It is time to eat the great hot food. Use a sharp round wheel tool. Cut the big pie into eight flat slices.

Take one hot slice in your bare hand. The hot cheese will stretch in a long string. Take a big warm bite. You will hear a loud crack sound. The bottom crust is so crisp and hard. The dough inside is soft and very sweet.

The wet red sauce cuts right through the rich deep cheese taste. It is a perfect bite of hot fresh food. It makes my mouth very happy. It feels so clean and right to eat. I eat three big slices in one sitting.

How To Save Left Food

I live alone right now. This recipe makes a big pie. I always have a few slices left over. I save them for my lunch the very next day.

I let the hot pan get fully cold first. I wrap each cold slice in clear plastic wrap tight. I do not put them in the cold fridge. The cold fridge air makes the soft bread go stale and hard fast. I just leave them on my clean counter top. They will stay soft and good for one whole day at room temp.

How To Warm It Up Right

The next day, I want my lunch hot again. Do not use the fast microwave box. The microwave will turn the soft bread to sad wet mush. The crust will get very tough to chew.

You must use a hot pan to warm it. I put a small black iron pan on the hot stove. I put the cold pie slice in the dry hot pan. I put a tight lid on it. I let it warm up very slow for five short minutes. The bottom gets crisp all over again. The top white cheese melts soft once more. It tastes just as good on day two.

Fun Toppings To Try

I used plain white cheese today. It is cheap and easy to make. But you can change the top up if you want. It is your own home kitchen.

You can add dark red meat to the top. Hot spiced round meat tastes very good. It gets dark crisp edges in the hot oven. You can add fresh green plants too. Chop up some green peppers. Add some sliced brown mushrooms.

Put the raw plants right on top of the soft white cheese. They will roast up soft and sweet in the hot heat. The food rules are all the exact same. Just use the no fail pizza dough and homemade sauce as your strong base.

Why I Do Not Buy Box Dough

I want to tell you why I make this all by hand. You can buy premade raw dough in a tight tube at the shop. I do not like to do that at all.

The box dough has a weird fake taste. It smells like sour chemicals to my nose. It never gets that loud crisp crunch in the hot oven. Making it from pure dry dust takes just ten minutes of arm work. It tastes one hundred times better. It is much better for your strong body too. You know exactly what went into the deep bowl.

What Good Drink To Have

I love to drink a cool glass with this hot rich meal. It rounds out the whole nice dinner scene. I think a cold glass of tart juice pairs the absolute best.

I pour a tall glass of cold dark grape juice. I take a big bite of the warm rich cheese. Then I take a sip of the cold tart dark juice. It is a great food match. It washes the sweet bread right down fast.

Why Baking Helps My Mind

Let me tell you why I bake this so much. My fast life gets very loud and stressed. I type long food words till my eyes hurt tight. I sit in a desk chair for long dull hours. I feel very slow and sad by the end of the day.

Making this simple food slows my fast brain down. I have to stand up tall in my room. I have to use my two bare hands to knead the soft dough. I have to stir the hot red sauce with slow care. It is a good fast therapy for me.

When I cut the hot round pie and hear the loud crunch, I feel pure pride. I made a good healthy thing from plain raw parts. It is a quick sweet win for a tired mind. I think we all need an easy win in this fast life.

Try It In Your Own Home Soon

I hope you try my hot fresh treat very soon. No fail pizza dough and homemade sauce is a grand thing to learn. It will make your close friends feel very glad. It will make your own tired stomach feel full and happy.

Next time you want a warm fresh meal, do not work too hard. Go to the fresh food shop. Buy the dry white flour. Buy the big red tin can. Buy the soft white cheese block. Go home and make a fast fun meal in your clean kitchen.

Put on some happy soft music. Stand by your warm hot stove. Toss the soft round dough high in the warm air. Enjoy the calm quiet down time. Eat the hot crisp crust with a big warm smile. Keep cooking fun simple fresh foods. Let me know how yours turns out when you make it.