Carole's famous home made pizza (version française, cliquer ici)

This is clearly one of Carole's specialties. Try it once, and you may never order out or buy those God awful frozen pizzas ever again! 

Ingredients (pizza dough):

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 envelopes of traditional yeast
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 to 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour.

Ingredients (pizza sauce):

  • 1 can (796 ml ) tomatoes
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Oregano
  • A pinch of cayenne pepper.

Instructions:

  • Mix the first three dough ingredients together and let it sit for 3-5 minutes. 
  • Mix remaining dough ingredients until you get a homogenous dough which doesn't stick to the sides of your bowl. 
  • Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and let it rise for at least an hour. 
  • While the dough rises, prepare the pizza toppings. 
  • Place sauce ingredients in a pot and let it simmer for 30 minutes to an hour. 
  • At the end, use a potato masher, to make the sauce less chunky. 
  • When you're ready to make the pizzas, punch the dough with your fist, to deflate it. 
  • Make a ball of dough and spread it across a single-serve pizza pan or pizza stone. 
  • Brush the dough with a bit of oil to prevent the sauce from penetrating. 
  • Add sauce. 
  • Add toppings. 
  • Add cheese. 
  • Bake at 475F for about 20 minutes.

Make individual size pizzas. That way, everyone gets to design their own!