Pepperoni Pizza
A classic homemade pizza topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni, hand-stretched rather than rolled and baked as hot as the oven allows on a preheated stone - rolling pins flatten out the air pockets that give real pizzeria-style crust its chew, which most quick versions lose.
⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings
dinneritalianquick
Ingredients
- •1 pizza dough ball, room temperature
- •1/2 cup pizza sauce
- •2 cups shredded mozzarella
- •1/2 cup sliced pepperoni
- •Cornmeal or flour, for dusting
Steps
- 1.Place a pizza stone or steel in the oven and preheat to 500-550°F (as hot as your oven goes) for at least 45 minutes.
- 2.Hand-stretch the room-temperature dough into a round on a cornmeal-dusted surface - stretching by hand instead of using a rolling pin preserves the air pockets that give the crust its chew.
- 3.Spread with pizza sauce, then top with mozzarella and pepperoni slices.
- 4.Slide onto the preheated stone and bake for 8-12 minutes until the crust is charred in spots and the cheese is bubbly.