homemade zaza

sunday nights are pretty hard to beat with the current hbo and showtime lineup. boardwalk empire, dexter, east bound and down..just to name a few. the only thing that could make this night any better is a homemade zaza. it seems really involved but once you get the ingredients you will have them in your kitchen for months to come.

what ya need:

-2 tablespoons sugar
-1 tablespoon kosher salt
-1 tablespoon olive oil
-3/4 cup warm water
-2 cups bread flour (we used regular flour bc i figured i would get more use from it)
-1 teaspoon instant yeast
-2 teaspoons olive oil
-olive oil for pizza crust
-flour for dusting the pizza
-tomato sauce
-cheese. italian blend of mozzarella and parmesan.

place the sugar, salt, olive oil, water, 1 cup of flour, yeast,

and remaining cup of flour into a standing mixer.

 

start the mixer on low and mix until the 

dough just comes together, forming a ball. 

knead for 15 minutes on medium speed.

 

roll the pizza dough into a smooth ball on the counter top.

place into a glass bowl. add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to the bowl and

toss to coat. ideally, you should cover with plastic wrap and 

refrigerate for 18 to 24 hours...BUT last minute zaza cravings 

call for improvisations. so, we heated the oven to 200 and waited 1

hour for the dough to rise. it worked..hip, hip!

while the dough is rising in the oven, prep your toppings. we used

mushrooms, a green pepper, black olives, 

pepperoni (pups made us) and italian blend cheese.

sprinkle flour onto the counter top and stretch the dough into a round disc, rotating after each stretch. toss the dough in the air, go ahead..do it. once your dough is nice and round, paint some egg whites on the edge of the za so your crust will be nice and colorful.

 dress your zaza with all the fixin's and bake at 

500 degrees for 9-12 minutes or until 

golden brown and bubbly. 

let the za rest for a few minutes so everything

will stay in place before you slice it. ENJOY!