One homemade pizza coming right up

Who doesn’t like a slice of pizza or two every now and again or in my case pretty much every Tuesday night courtesy of one dollar slices from the Fresh Slice pizza place literally right next-door. Although better than this is the thought of consuming homemade pizza. A mission I decided to tackle for myself with the help of a key ingredient, yeast, gifted to me by yet another housemate’s Vancouver departure. I located a pizza dough recipe here, which worked really well. However, I found that I didn’t need as much flour as the recipe suggested so I recommend adding the flour a bit at a time until you get the right dough consistency. Also you should be aware that the process takes a few hours so it is better to make this recipe on the weekend unless you don’t mind a late dinner. 

For the pizza sauce I decided to go against the norm and instead roasted 2 peppers, a red one for the colour and a green one because they are more economical. I roasted the peppers for just over an hour in the oven on 375F. Once roasted, I removed the skin from the peppers and pureed them in the blender before spreading a layer over the rolled pizza dough. 

The toppings I used were some cooked chicken pieces, broccoli, mozzarella cheese and basil pesto. I baked the pizza for 20 minutes at 425F. 

The smells wafting through the apartment as it baked were mouth watering and I am pleased to say that so was the end result. Now I just need to branch out with my toppings.