Homemade whole grain pizza
 
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Homemade pizza sauce is as easy as simply blending tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, basil or oregano. I make with fresh tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes drain a lot of water. For this reason, I cook till water is cooked off. You can make the sauce in advance and store for 10 days in the refrigerator.
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Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2¼ tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs Olive Oil
  • 2 cups Whole Wheat flour. Plus more if needed
  • 1 tbs cornmeal or rava (semolina) for lining the pan
  • Toppings
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 fresh tomatoes
  • 15 spinach leaves
  • ½ julienne cut bell peppers
  • 1 sliced brussels sprouts
  • 8 oz. mozzarella cheese. Sliced and patted dry with paper towels. Preferably use cheese made without animal rennet.
  • For sauce
  • 5 large tomatoes
  • Salt
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 8 garlic cloves
  • 5 sprigs - fresh or dried basil
  • 5 sprigs - fresh or dried oregano
  • ⅛th tsp - pepper
  • ⅛th tsp - chili powder optional
Instructions
  1. Sauce:
  2. In a pot, heat water. Drop tomatoes in hot water for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  3. Remove. Peel skin.
  4. Add olive oil to a pot. Heat to medium. Add garlic, tomatoes, salt, sugar. Cook on medium heat for 30 minutes. Add pepper, chili powder, crushed oregano, and basil. Stir well. Cook on medium heat for another 1-2 hours until water evaporates and sauce becomes thick.
  5. You can store sauce for up to 10 days.
  6. Pizza dough:
  7. In a small mix yeast and ¼ cup warm water. Stir and let it rest for 5 minutes until it is bubbly. Bubbling means yeast is working.
  8. Mix 2 cups whole wheat flour and 1 tsp salt. After 5 minutes add the yeast mixture to the bowl, and add ¾ cups warm water, olive oil. Mix well. Knead well with hand till you make the dough. Add more flour (up to 2 tbsp) if the dough is sticky.
  9. Rub oil around dough, place dough in a bowl. The dough will double in size. Refrigerate leftover dough for up to 2 days.
  10. Preheat oven to 450. I bake pizza in 8-inch cake pans.
  11. Sprinkle a pizza sheet with cornmeal. Sprinkle flour, press and stretch the dough to form round base. Pinch the edges of pizza dough to form a crust.
  12. Bake just the dough for 7 minutes at 450f.
  13. Spread sauce, top with cheese and vegetables and bake for another 10 -15 minutes or until veggies are soft.
  14. Slice and serve hot.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/homemade-wholegrain-pizza-with-home-made-sauce/