GINO'S EAST PIZZA

GINO'S EAST PIZZA image

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup warm water
1 package yeast
3/4 cup cornmeal (see instructions)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 1/2 cups flour - (2 1/2 to 3)

Steps:

Makes enough dough for a 12" round deep dish pizza pan. 1/2 recipe is the perfect amount for a 9" round cake pan. Preparing the cornmeal : Take 3/4 cup Quaker Oats corn meal and grind it up in a coffee grinder. You have to grind it as fine as is humanly possible. Put the warm water in the mixing bowl with the corn meal, and add the yeast, salt, sugar, olive oil, and melted butter. Using the whisk attachment (if you have a KitchenAid mixer), stir the mixture for 10 minutes. Making the dough ball: Add one cup of flour to the mixer and use the dough hook to mix it up well. Add the remaining flour 1/4 cup at a time until you can handle and kneed the dough without it sticking to your hands. Kneed the dough for 3 to 5 minutes. Again this is a judgment call. The dough will rise much faster in the warm humid air. Let the dough rise until doubled in size. This might take anywhere from 1/2 to 1 1/2 hours. Punch down the dough into a ball. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a uniform circle 1/4 inch thick. Place it into the pan. Form the crust by pinching the dough 1 1/2 inch up the side of the pan. Cover Let the dough rise 1/2 hour or until your oven is preheated to 475ºF. Put olive oil in the bottom of the pan before it puts the dough in. The first thing you will put into the pan will be the cheese. Place an even layer of cheese 1/2 to 3/4 inches deep in the pan. The next thing you will put into the pan will be the meat. Layer the meat spaced evenly over the top of the cheese. Next spread a layer of tomato sauce on top of the meat. Don't put too much sauce on Sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top of the sauce. You might want to add would be a tiny amount of basil. Bake the pizza at 475 for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 400ºF and bake the pizza an additional 10 to 25 minutes until the crust is golden brown