Top 10 Fun Pizza Facts:
1. Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second.
2. 36% of all pizza orders want their pizza topped with pepperoni.
3. 94% of Americans eat pizza regularly.
4. Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year.
5. More pizza is consumed during the week of The Big Game than any other time of the year.
6. October has been celebrated as National Pizza month since 1987.
7. 58% of Americans order pizza on the Sunday of The Big Game, the highest selling day for pizza.
8. Thin crust pizza is the most popular form of crust worldwide.
9. Women are more likely to order vegetarian options as opposed to men.
10. Saturday is the most popular night for eating pizza.
Servings: 8
Ingredients :
Crust :
2-2/3 cup flour
3/4 cup powdered milk
2 T sugar
1 package quick rise yeast
1 tsp salt
1-2/3 cup warm water (110-115)
2 T vegetable oil
Filling :
1/2 lb Italian sausage
1/2 lb ground chuck
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 (8oz) block mozzarella cheese
Sauce (I make the day before) :
1 (6oz) can tomato paste
1 1/2 cups water
1/3 cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic minced
1 t salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 T dried oregano
1/2 T dried basil
1/2 t dried rosemary
Instructions :
Crust :
Preheat oven to 475.
Spray 18 x 13 sheet pan with Pam and lay parchment paper down.
Add flour, powered milk, sugar, yeast, and salt to a large bowl. Whisk to blend.
Add oil to warm water. Pour into flour mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until batter forms. Don’t worry about lumps – you just want no dry spots.
Spread dough onto sheet pan with fingertips until even. If the dough doesn’t want to cooperate then let it rest for 5 min and try again.
Bake just the crust for 8-10 min. Remove from oven and set aside.
Filling :
Brown meats (add salt and pepper) until it resembles crumbles. Drain, set aside.
Get out sauce.
To partially baked crust assemble:
Spread sauce all over crust.
Sprinkle meats.
Sprinkle cheese.
Bake at 475 for 8-10 min. Until cheese starts to brown.
Let stand 5 min, cut into slices and serve.
Notes
Sauce was good, but too sauce much for a half-sheet. Too much meat too, could reduce by 1/2. The crust was thick, dense and pastey. Could reduce the crust by half to thin it out, add more flour until it resembles dough (instead of batter), and let it rise a bit so it’s more airy.