Pizza with Homemade Sauce

Amazingly Delicious Spinach Pizza with Garlic and Basil Tomato Sauce

Ingredients (for Pizza):

- 1/2 cup Warm Water

- 1 1/2 T. Yeast

- 1 T. Honey

- 1 cup All Purpose Flour

- 1 1/2 cup Wheat Flour

- 1 t. Salt 

- 1 cup Warm Water

- 1 1/2 t. Olive Oil 

Toppings

- Mozzarella Cheese

- Spinach

- Ham or Turkey

 

Ingredients (for Sauce):

- 2 Tomatoes

- 1/4 cup Olive Oil

- 1 T. minced Garlic (heaping Tablespoon)

- 1/4 an Onion

- 1 T. Basil

- 1/2 t. Oregano

- Salt and Pepper to taste

- (If sauce is to thick you can add water just a teaspoon at a time)

Directions:

1. In a small bowl put the 1/2 warm Water, Yeast, and Honey. Let it stand for 10 minutes (mixture should be foaming).

2. In a large mixing bowl measure out All Purpose Flour, Wheat Flour, and Salt. Whisk together.

3. Pour the Yeast mixture into the large mixing bowl filled with the Flour mixture. Then mix in the Olive Oil and 1 cup Warm Water. 

4. Mix all the ingredients together then knead for 10 minutes. 

5. After you are done kneading let the dough rise for 30 minutes.

6. Once the dough is done rising roll it out onto a baking stone or just a regular round pizza pan.

7. Lightly paint the dough with Olive Oil

8. Spread sauce generously over dough...not quite to the edges though.

 9.  Next generously sprinkle chopped Spinach onto the pizza

10. Cover the pizza with shredded Mozzarella Cheese

11. Place bit size pieces of either ham or turkey over the pizza

I used black forest ham

12. Place in the oven at 500 degrees for 11 minutes or until golden brown.

Sauce Recipe Directions:

In a small sauce pot place 2 tomatoes (each tomato should be cut into 4ths), Olive Oil, Garlic, Onions, Basil, Oregano, and Salt and Pepper. Let the mixture simmer until tomatoes become soft and easy to smash. Then place the entire mixture into the blender and blend until in because a nice smooth sauce. Place the sauce back into the sauce pot and place back on the stove on low for another 2-4 minutes. 

Tips:

• If you have dough enhancing powder at home put a Tablespoon of it into the pizza dough
• Also if you have Soy Lecithin put a Tablespoon of that into the dough
• Make sure to taste the sauce before putting it onto the dough to make sure it has enough salt and pepper
• Try and cover ALL the spinach completely with cheese or it will crisp up and burn in the oven.
• My oven doesn't get as hot so I cook my pizza at 500 degrees F. but if your oven tends to get very hot reduce the heat.