pizza with meatballs and olives

Name: Pizza with meatballs and olives
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## DOUGH; 3 3/4 cup(s) bread flour, king arthur unbleached.; 1 cup(s) lukewarm water; 1/3 cup(s) lukewarm milk; 3 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) active dry yeast; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 3 tablespoon(s) sugar; ## SAUCE; 1 cup(s) water; 4 tablespoon(s) tomato paste; 1 teaspoon(s) italian seasoning; 1/2 teaspoon(s) dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon(s) dried oregano; 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil; 1 tablespoon(s) grated parmesan cheese; 1 tablespoon(s) sugar; ## TOPPINGS; 4 or more small homemade italian meatballs, cut in half.; 6 large olives, pitted; 1/2 cup(s) grated cheese, i used cheddar; 1/4 cup(s) parmesan cheese

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Beth M.

M.V. Island, MA

Updated on Oct 26, 2017

About 4:30 p.m. on Weds., 10/25/17, I decided I was hungry for pizza, and there is not quick delivery service here where I live! So I checked and I had a bag of King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour (Pinch It Button/ for the recipe). There is a recipe for bread on the bag! I used that recipe, as I could not find my little cookbook that I have had for years, Fleischman's Recipes. I did use Fleishman's Active Dry Yeast. So this is a recipe using my sauce and my homemade Italian Meatballs, from another recipe that I fall-back on whenever I want to make those.

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Homemade crust, Italian meatballs, olives, two kinds of cheese.

prep time 1 Hr 30 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield Six servings (a serving is two slices); enough to make two pizzas!

Ingredients

DOUGH
3 3/4 cups bread flour, king arthur unbleached.
1 cup lukewarm water
1/3 cup lukewarm milk
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons sugar
SAUCE
1 cup water
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon sugar
TOPPINGS
4 or more small homemade italian meatballs, cut in half.
6 large olives, pitted
1/2 cup grated cheese, i used cheddar
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

How To Make pizza with meatballs and olives

Step 1

Place all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir with a whisk.

Step 2

Warm the water to lukewarm. Do the same with the milk. Then combine with butter, and stir.
Step 3

Stir and then mix with your clean hands, and knead until all the dry ingredients are mixed forming a dough which is no longer dry, but pliable and stretchy.
Step 4

Cut the dough into two pieces. Place each in an oiled bowl with a cover, and let rise in a warm place for an hour.
Step 5

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pepare a pizza pan, with olive oil, or use your pizza stone.
Step 6

Place one hunk of dough on the pan, stretch it to fill the pan, and make a raised ridge. I rubbed a little olive oil on the dough. Bake for five minutes.
Step 7

Remove from the oven and place on a rack, then continue to build your pizza, using sauce, cheeses of your choice and meat if desired and veggies.
Step 8

Bake for about 15 or 20 minutes, until brown around the edges.
Step 9

I made my own sauce, as I didn't have a jar of prepared sauce or any tomato sauce! You can boil the sauce as I did, to reduce it to the amount you need.
Step 10

If you like to use a white sauce, I saw a new recipe here on Just A Pinch that looks great, by another "well-known chef". I wish I had seen it before using my red sauce!
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