Perfect Pizzeria-Style Yeast Pizza at Home

Juicy, tasty, aromatic. Impossible to pass by! Pizza made with yeast, just like in a pizzeria, is easy to make at home. The dough is easy to prepare and takes very little time, and you can choose any filling to suit your taste. And no one will be able to refuse their favorite piece with crispy edges and juicy filling!
cook time: 1h 10 min
Owen Truitt
Perfect Pizzeria-Style Yeast Pizza at Home

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

161
Calories
6g
Fat
17g
Carbs
9g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

For dough:

Dry yeast 0.5 tsp
Water 80 ml
Salt to taste
Sugar 0.5 tsp
Olive oil 1.5 tsp
Wheat flour 125 g

For filling:

Chicken breasts 65 g
Tomatoes 1 pc
bell pepper 35 g
Mozzarella 40 g
Hard cheese 40 g
Olives 8 pc
Cherry tomatoes 2 pc
Ketchup 1.5 tbsp
Basil 0.5 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make pizza with yeast like in a pizzeria? Prepare the necessary ingredients for the dough. Dry yeast can be replaced with fresh yeast. How to do this correctly, read the article at the link at the end of the recipe. Warm the water slightly.

Step 2

Step 2
In a bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in water. Leave the mixture for about 10 minutes until a light foamy “cap” appears on the surface. This will check the activity of the yeast. If you are confident in their quality, you don’t have to wait for activation, but proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Step 3
Add salt and olive oil, stir.

Step 4

Step 4
Sift flour into liquid ingredients. Do not pour out all the flour at once. You may need more or less flour than the specified amount. Stir the dough first with a spoon, then knead with your hands. If necessary, add remaining flour during kneading. You can read more about flour and its properties in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

Step 5

Step 5
The dough is soft, homogeneous, and does not stick to your hands. Cover the dough with a towel and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Meanwhile, prepare the ingredients for the filling. Boiled-smoked chicken breast can be replaced with any sausages. Wash the vegetables and dry them.

Step 7

Step 7
The dough has risen. It has doubled.

Step 8

Step 8
On parchment paper, roll out the dough into a thin round base and form sides. My base diameter was approximately 24 cm. How to choose parchment for baking, read the article at the link at the end of the recipe. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees in advance.

Step 9

Step 9
Coat the dough with ketchup or tomato sauce. Sprinkle with basil or oregano. Pizza sauce recipes can be selected from the catalog using the link at the end of the recipe.

Step 10

Step 10
Evenly distribute the grated mozzarella.

Step 11

Step 11
Cut the chicken breast into thin slices and place on the base.

Step 12

Step 12
Distribute the tomatoes cut into thin slices. Choose tomatoes that are ripe but firm so that they retain their shape when cut.

Step 13

Step 13
Bulgarian pepper, previously cleared of seeds and stalks, cut into rings and arrange.

Step 14

Step 14
Place the olives. Olives will also work.

Step 15

Step 15
Grate hard cheese on top using a coarse grater. Any cheese is suitable: soft, hard, semi-hard. The main thing is that it is tasty, of high quality, without milk fat substitutes and melts well.

Step 16

Step 16
You can put cherry tomatoes cut into halves, quarters or circles on top of the cheese.

Step 17

Step 17
Bake the pizza in an oven preheated to 200 C for about 20 minutes. Set the baking mode and time based on the operating characteristics of your oven. A useful article on this topic can be read at the link at the end of the recipe.

Step 18

Step 18
Serve the finished pizza with yeast, just like in a pizzeria, to the table right away. Bon appetit!

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