Traditional HOMEMADE Italian Pizza

Tonight-a, we eat-a da Pizz-a!

For those of you who don't already know it; I'm 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Dutch, 1/4 French and 1/4 Swiss but... I grew up TOTALLY Italian! I also speak a mother-load of languages though, sadly, not a single one properly - LOL!!

This recipe is an original and traditional Italian pizza dough recipe, passed down a few generations.

Let it be my own Blood's Gift to you all for New Year's Day :)

Andiamo!

First, find a glass and pour in some-a fiiiine-a Red-a home-a made-a wine-a! :)

Then slap in an 'ambiance' CD...

 C'è la luna, mezzo...

And THEN:

Get two bowls out

In the first bowl, add:

1/2 glass hot water

2 envelopes of Fleishmann's "Active Dry Yeast" (Traditional)

1 teaspoon of Sugar

In-a da second bowl;

6 cups of flour

Annnnd... A bit of Salt

Wait 5-10 minutes,

...sing along with-a da Musica and-a then pour yourself some more-a wine-a :)

Pronto?

Ok...

Now, empty the first bowl into the second one (the one with flour)

Add 2 glasses of hot water

1/2 glass of Extra-virgin Olive Oil

Mix

Cover with a clean dishcloth and Let it all rest for ~ 2 hours.

(We Italians, we like-a to nap-a!)

Once 2 hours have gone by and the dough has risen, dig in and start-a singing again as you start spreading 1/4 of the obtained dough to make-a da pizza :)

Garnish at will

If you want to try something different (typically Italian) add a bit of olive oil instead of tomatoe sauce and add nothing else but Rosemary and freshly ground Pepper on the pizza.

Fill upp-a your glass of wine again (you like-a my wine-a, hey? I makitta myself-a!) and-a then...

Cook for ~12-15 minutes @450 degrees.

Left-over dough - this recipe makes 4 Large pizzas - can keep in the fridge for 2 days, in a bowl (covered with a humid dishtowel) or in a plastic baggie - Your call! I use the dishtowel as I feel there's already far too much plastic NOT wasting away in our environment.

Enjoy!

Salute è Buon Capo d'Anno a tutti!
("Cheers & Happy New Year to all")