Nicks Pizza Crust Recipes

NICK'S COSMIC MEATBALL PIZZA

Steps:

• For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Combine the white bread and heavy cream in a large mixing bowl. Mash the bread until it is thoroughly broken down. Add the red onions, Parmesan, parsley, garlic, salt, fennel seed, oregano, pepper, pancetta and eggs and mix thoroughly. Add in your pork and beef blend, again mixing until fully incorporated.
• Using a 3-ounce ice cream scoop, portion your meatballs onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper. Align them tightly packed but not touching! Bake until golden brown or the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the meatballs from the oven and place in a cooler or refrigerator until cooled to 40 degrees F.
• For one pizza: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough. Ladle the pizza sauce onto your dough, spreading evenly. (Feel free to add more if you like heavy sauce!) Crumble the meatballs, evenly spreading them out over the entire pizza. Next, add your fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese. Place in small increments starting along the outside and working your way in to the center. Evenly spread your pepperoncini slices and pickled onions all over the pizza. Cook until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. (Depending on how you like your pizza, this time will vary.)

SICILIAN PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Coat a large bowl with teaspoon of olive oil and set aside.
• Stir first three ingredients together and let sit for 10 minutes, until nice and foamy.
• Place three cups of flour in large bowl and mix in salt.
• Place one cup of flour on work surface.
• Mix pour olive oil into yeast mixture and then pour yeast mixture into bowl with flour.
• Stir until as combined as possible.
• Turn out onto floured surface.
• With well floured hands, knead dough to work in the cup of flour on the board.
• Continue kneading until nice, smooth dough-ball is formed.
• Place in oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, then kitchen towel and let sit for 30 minutes.
• Dough should double (at least).
• Use half the dough to form a pizza crust, crimp the edges, brush edges with olive oil and top as desired.
• Bake on pizza stone or ceramic tile at 425 F for approx 15 minutes.

NICK'S PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• In a glass (liquid) measuring cup, draw up 1 1/2 cups warm watter. Pour in yeast and sugar. mix well and let sit till a good frothy head has formed ontop of the mixture( aprox 5-10min.).
• in a large mixing bowl sift the 3 cups of the flour with the salt. form a hole in the center of the dry mix. pour the yeast/water mixture into the flour and stir as much as possible. take the dough mixture out of the bowl and knead in the rest of the flour till you get a somewhat sticky, elastic dough. roll into a ball and set aside.
• pour a bit of your olive oil into your mixing bowl. place your dough ball into the ollive oil and roll it till its evenly coated. cover with cling wrap or a damp cloth,and let it sit till the dough has doubled in size.
• pour out and evenly spread your cornmeal on your pizza stone. place in the oven and pre heat the oven to 550°F you need to cook with your stone on the lowest shelf possible.
• once the dough has rissen take it out of the bowl and give it a good punch to get the air out of it. form it into a 14 in circle. use your easle to remove your pizzastone and set it onto your counter. becareful,its verry hot. place your dough on the stone with caution. pour on the rest of your olive oil and coat evenly. put on topping and bake for 15-25 min.