When most people think about having pizza for dinner they simply reach for the phone. The next time you think about doing that, think about cooking a great homemade pizza in your home. The secret to great homemade pizza relies in three simple things, the dough, the sauce, and the method of cooking. This article will give you an introduction on how to make homemade pizza.
The base of any good pizza is in the dough. Your options for a tasteful dough range from buying it from the grocery store or simply creating your own dough from scratch. Any grocery store will have frozen dough from a number of name brands such as Pillsbury and Tiseos. Some grocery stores will also have freshly made pizza dough available. Another method for the more adventurous is to make your pizza dough from scratch at home. There are a number of great recipes to make a great pizza dough from home but all you usually will need is yeast, flour, olive oil, salt, sugar, and water.
The second element to any great pizza is in the sauce. As with pizza dough there is a number of good tasting sauces available at any grocery store. A personal favorite Dan Fratelli pizza sauce, which you can find at some grocery stores. Another option is to make your own pizza sauce at home. The benefit to making your sauce at home is that it gives you the chance to use fresh tomatoes in the sauce. While recipes vary greatly between different pizza sauces, the traditional sauce uses tomato paste, garlic, and herbs.