Pizza Vanegas
Serves 4–6 Time 90 minutes Difficulty 3/5 Ingredients 14 Steps 10
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup warm water
- 3 tbsp active dry yeast
- 1 tbsp white granulated sugar
- 1 lb all purpose flour
- ¼ cup olive oil
Toppings
- Pepperoni
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- ½ can (15 oz) of Hunt's Family Favorites Pizza sauce
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- 1 small red pepper, finely diced
- 3 ½ oz sliced mushrooms
- Oregano
- Salt
- Black pepper
Steps
- Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1 cup warm water.
- Combine 3 cups flour, olive oil, 1 tsp salt and the yeast mixture. Knead 15 min, adding flour until dough is no longer very sticky.
- Coat dough with about 1 tsp oil. Put in a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Rest 45 min until doubled.
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C for at least 30 min.
- Deflate dough to remove air bubbles. Cut into 2 pieces. Dough may be frozen up to a month.
- Roll each piece into a round crust.
- Add pizza sauce (½ can per pizza). Sprinkle with onion, red pepper, salt, oregano and black pepper.
- Bake 10 min.
- Add mozzarella, pepperoni and mushrooms. Bake until cheese melts.
- Cut into eight slices.
Notes from the original
- Water must be warm but not boiling in order to activate yeast. Boiling water will kill the yeast.
- You can replace ¼ of water cup with milk. You can also replace the sugar with 1 tbsp honey.
- If you like a stronger cheese flavor, you can add, for example, little chunks of bleu cheese, on top of the other ingredients.
- Try to keep the mushrooms fairly dry. Mushrooms are like sponges, and will lose unwanted water on to your pizza.
- You can try different toppings to basic pizza dough, and even add cheese borders. To do so, you should roll out pizza into a larger size, adding cheese one inch from the border, and little pizza sauce. Roll dough over the cheese and press firmly to close.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Pizza Vanegas” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2026-01-05, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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