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Tags:	pizza
Subject:	pizza crust
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Time:	10:06 am

This has been asked for by multiple people multiple times. For the record.

Pizza Crust (passed down from my mother, who got it from astral communication with the elder culinary lords)

1 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar (succanut)
1 package _rapid_ rise yeast
1 tsp salt
1+ Tbsp olive oil
2.5 cups white flour
some CRISCO!

Preheat oven to 200F. When it gets there, turn it off.

Put the water in a medium bowl, make sure it is not too hot. Add the sugar, stir to dissolve.

Add the yeast package and stir just slightly. Watch, make sure the yeast is alive (you should see it growing in about a minute)

Add the salt, oil, and flour. Mix with a spoon until that gets way annoying, then use your hands. Add just a little flour as needed, but you want to add as little as possible.

Knead the dough for 4-5 minutes. Make a ball. Pour a little bit of olive oil to cover the ball.

Cover with a damp cloth, put inside the warmed up oven (remember to turn it off!).

Allow to rise for 60 minutes.

Grease pizza pan with Crisco brand kill you dead on the spot hydrogenated fat product (or other solid-at-room-temperature-fat-product).

After the hour, pull out the dough, press into the pan. Put the pan back in the oven (still turned off!), let it rise for another 15 minutes or so.

Take it out, press it down and back into the corners. Use a fork to poke a few holes in it the dough to prevent bubbles.

Charge up your lasers, throw down some sauce, toppings and cheese-related-substance, and scorch at 450F. Topping preparation is another subject, but one thing to keep in mind is to keep water content low. Dry out any veggies, drain olives, artichokes, etc, so there isn't much water content. For sauce I have found Whole Foods organic low fat spaghetti sauce to work well, and has no sugar. I have made my own sauce before, but it wasn't worth the effort for me. Usually I will cook it at 450 for about 10 minutes, but really I keep checking the bottom until it is decently browned. Then I switch the oven to broil and watch it very carefully for another minute, maybe two. But this is because I use Vegan Gourmet cheese, other cheeses may need different treatment.

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julio 20-a, 2007