Hawaiian Pizza

      My family loves pizza, especially my grandson Logan. Fridays are his favorite day of the week, Pizza and appetizer night. He gets very excited when he sees me start measuring the ingredients for the pizza. He steps on a chair and tries to help me make the dough. When the pizza is ready for the toppings, he loves to help me. It is his best opportunity to eat some extra pepperoni.
   On Fridays we can't make Logan eat anything else yet. For him grandma's pepperoni and cheese pizza is the only food he wants to eat, except for the dessert.
    The pizza dough I'm sharing with you today is very simple to make, the recipe is a version of the one I learned in culinary school.
    Looking at the fresh pineapples at the Supermarket I decided it. 
was time to share my favorite pizza recipe with you. 
                     
                           
Ingredients:

10 ounces bread flour

1/4-ounce dry yeast
3/4 cup purified water, at room temperature

 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon table salt
2 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon honey

Organic store bought, Pizza sauce
Part skim milk Mozzarella cheese, shredded  
Honey ham 
Fresh pineapple, cut in small chunks

 1 thin sheet pan sprinkled with 1 tablespoon semolina flour or fine yellow cornmeal.

    In the bowl of the stand mixer, dissolve the yeast in the water by squeezing it with your fingers or a rubber spatula. Let the yeast proof for about 10 minutes.

     Mix in the sugar, salt, olive oil and honey. Add the flour and knead with the dough hook until the dough has a smooth, elastic consistency, about 10 minutes.


     Place the dough in an oiled bowl, turn to coat both sides with oil.   Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise until slightly less than doubled in volume, about 45 minutes. Then place the bowl into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (this helps develop the flavor of the dough). Return to room temperature before proceeding.

    Divide the dough in half. On a floured surface, roll and stretch the dough with your hands to make each piece into a circle, 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm).

 Transfer the dough to a prepared sheet pan and reshape as needed.

Topping:
   Spread a very thin layer of pizza sauce over the dough leaving 1/2- inch border around the edges. Top with a layer of mozzarella cheese, pineapple chunks and pieces of ham.

Place the sheet pan in the bottom of the oven closest to the heating element to allow the crust to brown on the bottom.

 Bake in a preheated oven at 450°F(230°C) for 10 minutes. 

About the toppings:

 The good thing about pizza is you can make it as simple or as fancy you like depending of the topping you choose. Classic pizza Margherita, mushroom and caramelized onions, Italian sausage, BBQ chicken, prosciutto with fig and arugula, fruits and many other flavors. Just imagine any of your favorite things to eat over a pizza crust.  I will share with you some of my favorites in another post.

For Logan favorite:

    Spread a very thin layer of pizza sauce over the dough. Top with a layer of mozzarella cheese and, a double layer of pepperoni. 😋

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