The main dish of Italy is considered to be pizza. However, not everyone knows that pizza was originally the dish of the poor. The fact is that poor people did not have the opportunity to eat a full meal. Money for meat, vegetables and fish was not found. Therefore, Italian peasants cooked unleavened dough, which was abundantly sprinkled with various scraps. Often scraps were found on the street, where the elite passed and feasted.
Later cooks noticed this food beggars and decided to improve it. So pizza was noticed by people with wealth. Later, pizza became a dish not only for the poor, but also for the rich. Although the types of pizza were very different from each other.
Let’s prepare a modern pizza, which can be prepared by everyone.
Ingredients for pizza:
- water – 120 ml;
- yeast – tsp;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- flour – 200 g;
- vegetable oil – tbsp;
- ham – 150 g;
- mozzarella cheese – 150 g;
- onion – pcs;
- pickled cucumber – pcs;
- cherry tomatoes – 7 pcs;
- tomato sauce – 3 tbsp.
Pizza preparation:
Pour warm water into a bowl, pour quick yeast and salt and flour. Pour the vegetable oil into the mixture and mix thoroughly with your hands or with a mixer
. Knead the dough with your hands and leave it warm under a towel for 30 minutes. Dice the ham, pickles, and cheese.
Slice
the onion into thin half rings.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Pour a little vegetable oil into the skillet, put the dough and spread it on the surface.
Grease the dough with tomato paste, lay out the onions, ham and pickles.
On top of the layer of cucumbers and ham put cheese and tomato slices.
Bake the pizza in the oven at 250 degrees for 12 minutes.
You can sprinkle the pizza with basil, and also add your favorite spices. You get a delicious homemade pizza.
