A great recipe for homemade pizza dough, pizza sauce, and a variety of toppings. Best pizza dough ever! Once you've tried the dough recipe you won't use any other! This is my all-time favorite pizza dough recipe. I've made this Pizza recipe so many times so a huge thank you to Carina for sharing!

The pizza dough is really quite something! It's slightly chewy, soft and has a lovely texture.

This recipe for Monster Pizza is really flexible with the toppings so feel free to chop and change any of the suggested toppings to your liking.

When I make this Monster Pizza, I divide the dough in to 3 and each of us at home builds the toppings to our liking. That way everyone is happy plus they help to do some work cooking too!

This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our great cooks, Carina.

She's always coming up with great recipes, full of tips and ideas. Here we have a great recipe for a homemade pizza, which Carina's family love! They won't eat their pizza's using any other dough now, so let's see how Carina makes this monster pizza!

The recipe for pizza dough here does make up a large batch, so feel free to halve the recipe if required. We are talking monster size! So for me, I make up the full recipe but once shaped into balls, I freeze half.

Recipe by Carina Duclos
Pizza dough, adapted from Source: Essentials of Baking - Williams Sonoma

Instructions

Make The Homemade Pizza Dough

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water and let it stand till foamy ( about 5 minutes)

2. Add the sugar, oil, flour and salt. I use a stand mixer so with the dough hook knead at low speed until smooth and elastic (about 8 to 10 minutes)

3. Remove the dough from the bowl and transfer to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

Let the dough rise in a warm spot until it doubles in size ( 11/2 to 2 hours).

4. Transfer the dough onto a lightly oiled surface and cut in half. Shape into a loose ball and cover with a kitchen towel for about 10 minutes.

5. Lightly dust 1 dough ball with all purpose flour and roll into a round 12 to 14 inches (30-35 cm) in diameter. Spread semolina (about ¼ cup on your baking sheet and transfer your dough there.

The Pizza Sauce

1. Preheat a saucepan over a medium-high heat then add the olive oil and onion.

Sauté until the onions soften and begin to turn golden, and then add the garlic.

Continue to sauté for a few more minutes, being careful not to scorch the garlic.

2. Add the tomato paste and canned tomatoes and stir well, crushing them with the back of the spoon.

Add oregano, while continuing to stir then bring to a simmer. Let simmer for 30 minutes, until thickened. If you like, puree in the food processor until smooth.

The Toppings

For my hubby: chopped peppers, chopped onions, mushroom, pepperoni, sausage, sauté ground beef, green olives and lots of mozzarella cheese.

For me: chopped peppers, pepperoni, blue cheese and mozzarella cheese.

Cooking the pizza

Place pizza in the oven at 450 F/ 230 C/ Gas 8 for 10-20 minutes (Depending on the pizza size and thickness)

This is a great recipe for vegetarian pizza with a variety of topping suggestions, if you have a vegetarian diner too. Check out our other delicious pizza recipes too!

If you've got a bit of pizza dough left over, make some of our cheesy pretzel bites. They take minutes to make and go great with dips, soups, stews etc!

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