Ciros Pizza Recipe

Ciro�s Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. flour
1/2 oz. bakers yeast
1 tbsp. water to blend yeast
1 tbsp. olive oil, plus extra to dampen pizza at end
Salt and pepper
1 egg
1/4 cup hot water
2 cans (1 lb. 12-oz.) fresh egg-shaped tomatoes, skinned, seeded and roughly chopped
2 tsps. capers
1/2 small tin anchovies in oil, drained
5 slices mozzarella cheese
10 black olive halves
1 sprig oregano
1 small garlic clove, finely sliced
Freshly ground black pepper, for garnish

Directions:

In a bowl, add in your flour and form a small well at its center. Next, add in yeast mixture (yeast that has been mixed with some oil, pepper, egg and warm water to make some kind of paste). Combine together well and thin out the pasty mix with some hot water just until consistency is like that of a gum.

Start kneading your dough for 3 mins or until dough doesn’t stick to your hands anymore. Form your dough in a ball. Place dough into a bowl and cover it. Let stand for 30 mins. Afterwards, start kneading the pizza dough again. Pull dough outwards with your fingers and turn it around.

Oven should be preheated to around 500′ F. Grease well a baking sheet and place your dough on it. Roll the pizza dough out and form a circle that is around 12 inches in diameter. Make sure that the edges are much thick than its center. Put the mozzarella, black olives, pepper, garlic, tomatores, capers and anchovies for garnishing.

Drizzle lightly with some oil. Bake for about 20 mins. Serve.