Ciro pizza
Ciro pizza recipe in the pizza category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 pound flour
- 1/2 ounce bakers yeast
- 1 tablespoon water to blend yeast
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra to dampen pizza at end
- Salt and pepper
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 2 cans, 1 pound 12 ounce, fresh egg shaped tomatoes, skinned, seeded and roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons capers
- 1/2 small tin anchovies in oil, drained
- 5 slices mozzarella cheese
- 10 black olive halves
- 1 sprig oregano
- 1 small garlic clove, finely sliced
- Freshly ground black pepper, for garnish
Recipe method:
- Place the flour in a bowl. Make a well in the center.
- Add the yeast mixed to a paste with water and then the olive oil, salt, pepper and egg.
- Mix together and then thin paste with hot water until it resembles chewing gum and comes away from the hands.
- Knead for about 3 minutes until it no longer sticks to hands.
- Shape dough into a ball. Cover with a bowl and allow to stand 30 minutes.
- Knead again and then pick up the dough and pull it out with the fingers, turning it around.
- Oil a baking sheet and preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
- Place the dough onto the baking sheet, spreading it out to form 12 inch diameter round shape.
- The edge should be a little thicker than the center.
- Garnish with tomatoes, capers, anchovies, mozzarella cheese, black olive halves, oregano leaves, garlic and pepper.
- Sprinkle with oil and place into the oven for 20 minutes. Place on serving dish.
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