pizza dough and sauce

🥘 Ingredients

• • yeast
• • warm water
• • salt
• • oil
• • flour
• • tomato paste
• • red wine
• • oregano
• • sugar
• • vegetable oil
• • parmesan cheese

📝 Instructions

1. 1 in a large bowl , sprinkle yeast over warm water and allow to set until it begins to foam , about 5 minutes
2. 2 stir in salt , oil and half of flour
3. 3 gradually add remaining flour , mixing well
4. 4 knead 8-10 minutes or until smooth and elastic
5. 5 place in greased bowl and let rise until double punch down and let rise again until double
6. 6 punch down and divide
7. 7 pat out on two pizza pans
8. 8 top with pizza sauce & toppings
9. 9 bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes
10. 10 pizza sauce: mix all ingredients together , blending well
11. 11 makes enough for two 12- or14-inch pizzas or one thick 16-inch pizza
12. 12 top with meats , cheese and other toppings
13. 13 to freeze , prepared pizza method: double wrap and freeze the prepared pizza on the pizza pan
14. 14 unwrap and bake the frozen pizza at 400f for about 22 minutes
15. 15 alternative freezing method: after first punch down of dough , divide dough and place in a zip-loc bag and place in the freezer
16. 16 to prepare , remove from freezer and place in a greased bowl
17. 17 the dough will take about 8-10 hours to thaw and raise slightly
18. 18 pat out on grease pizza pan and proceed as directed above
19. 19 i also freeze half the sauce in a small container for future use