On the take away menu today is American Hot Chicago Pizza Pie
Right, let's get cracking on the base
We've got yeast, get it in the sachets, they're always 7 grams
in to some water
Now that's 600 milli liters
of tepid, that's going to wake up the dried yeast
For 4 pizza's add 1 kilo of strong flour and a nice pinch of salt
then in with 600 mils of yeasty water
This is going to do all the hard work for you
There is no right or wrong way to knead, you're just moving it about
Push it foward, push it back, stretch it, stretch it
Doing big batches is a great money saving tip
You can always freeze what you don't need right now, and having a stash will help stop the urge to shell out on all those pricey takeaways
Leave dough to prove, which means to rise, in a covered bowel for an hour
That is what yeast does, so what we do after an hour is we bash it back down
We now have a dough that's kind of developed in flavour, it's just phenominal, I love it, the feel of it
Air in there, gorgeous
So all I'm doing now is I'm just folding it under itself
I want to bring back the pizza pie ok
Rub a little oil into the tins and scatter over some dry bread crumbs for a little extra crunch on the base
This dough is just beautiful , I'm just going to pull it, you don't have to roll it
and I'm going to go into that tin, like that
Leave the base to prove again for 15 to 20 minutes
Now for a really cheap, super quick tomato sauce
It's just 1 tin of tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, salt and a little dried oregano
Whizz it up
For a bit of heat, nick a little vinegar from some jarred pickled jalapenos
Friends, the sauce is done
The toppings are up to you, but I'm going to use 2 good quality sausages per pizza
Plus a few chopped jalapenos to make this American Hot, even hotter
So actually I think cheddar is a wonderful mounter it really is, little bombs of cheddar
in and around that sausage
One finely sliced red onion, smashed up fennel seeds and a good pinch of smoked paprika
will really bring out the flavours
Absolutely gorgeous
Whack them into the oven for 20 minutes at 190
And when they're cooked, they'll look a bit like this
Oh, yes. Thick, chunky
That's what I'm talking about
I admit, buying a takeaway pizza does have it's perks
but they don't come cheap
This is 6 times cheaper than that. Girls come and have a check of this
Grab away
Oh thank you so much
Bring back the Chicago Pizza Pie
Crew, I think it's time for a little bit of pizza come on!