Smoked Mozzarella, Tomato, and Basil Pizza
- 2 cups Water
- 2 teaspoons Instant Yeast
- 1/4 cups Vital Wheat Gluten
- 4 cups Bread Flour
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 2 cups Crushed Tomatoes
- 8 ounces, weight Ball Of Smoked Mozzarella
- 4 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 4 leaves Basil, Large- Sized
- Fresh Tomato Slices (optional)
- For the dough: Combine the water, yeast, wheat gluten, bread flour, and salt, and mix in the bowl with a rubber spatula for about 10 minutes, or until elastic.
- Cover the bowl with a towel and let rise until bubbly and doubled, about 2 hours in a bread proof.
- Deflate the dough using a rubber spatula to mix the dough and release the air.
- Add a handful of bread flour and mix it into the dough thoroughly.
- Sprinkle the top with flour and cover again to let rise until doubled once again, about 1 1/2 hours in a bread proof.
- For the pizza: Preheat the oven to 525 degrees F. Split the dough into 2 equal parts and place each portion on a pizza pan covered with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle each portion of dough with enough flour so that you can spread it out with your fingertips, and spread it out as thin as you can possible get it.
- Top each pizza with 1 cup of crushed tomatoes, spread out so as to cover the pizza in a thin layer except for a 1 to 1 1/2 inch rim for the crust.
- Top with slices of mozzarella, about 6 quarter-inch thick slices per pizza, and top each with 2 of the garlic cloves.
- Also add 2 leaves of basil on top of each pizza, thickly sliced into strips.
- If you want, you can also add slices of fresh tomato.
- Bake until the pizza is browned and charred in places, about 15 minutes.
water, yeast, vital wheat, bread flour, salt, tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic, basil, tomato
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/smoked-mozzarella-tomato-and-basil-pizza/ (may not work)