How to make pizza

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: How to Make Pizza Pizza evolved from Italy and grew to become a widespread popular meal all around the globe. Preparation and cooking of pizza mainly involves a dough base, tomato paste/sauce, cheese, and an assortment of toppings that provide different tastes and varieties available. This guide will thus provide a reference on making two large pizzas with essential ingredients and cooking tools available in local stores and home settings. Firstly, the ingredients required to prepare the dough for the base of the pizza include “one and a half cups of warm water, two and a quarter teaspoons of active dry yeast, three and three quarter cups of all-purpose flour, two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, two teaspoons of salt and one teaspoon of sugar” (Bauer). Additional ingredients in preparation of pizza further includes tomato paste/sauce, grated cheese and different choices of pizza toppings. Pizza toppings may consist of pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, bacon, pineapple, chicken, ham, or beef. Therefore, the combinations used may differ with regard to preferences required. Portions are essential in preparation since they affect the outcome and size of the pizza. Preparing the pizza also requires a pizza pan or pizza stones specially made to prepare pizzas. Additionally, the final preparation of the pizza requires an oven to bake it until it is ready for consumption. The dough is prepared by placing the warm water in a bowl and mixing in the yeast for five minutes until it dissolves completely and starts ...