pizza with meatballs and olives

Recipe by
Beth M.
M.V. Island, MA

About 4:30 p.m. on Weds., 10/25/17, I decided I was hungry for pizza, and there is not quick delivery service here where I live! So I checked and I had a bag of King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour (Pinch It Button/ for the recipe). There is a recipe for bread on the bag! I used that recipe, as I could not find my little cookbook that I have had for years, Fleischman's Recipes. I did use Fleishman's Active Dry Yeast. So this is a recipe using my sauce and my homemade Italian Meatballs, from another recipe that I fall-back on whenever I want to make those.

yield serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr 30 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For pizza with meatballs and olives

  • DOUGH
  • 3 3/4 c
    bread flour, king arthur unbleached.
  • 1 c
    lukewarm water
  • 1/3 c
    lukewarm milk
  • 3 Tbsp
    butter
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    active dry yeast
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 3 Tbsp
    sugar
  • SAUCE
  • 1 c
    water
  • 4 Tbsp
    tomato paste
  • 1 tsp
    italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp
    dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp
    dried oregano
  • 1 Tbsp
    olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp
    grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 Tbsp
    sugar
  • TOPPINGS
  • 4 or more sm
    homemade italian meatballs, cut in half.
  • 6 lg
    olives, pitted
  • 1/2 c
    grated cheese, i used cheddar
  • 1/4 c
    parmesan cheese

How To Make pizza with meatballs and olives

  • 1
    Place all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir with a whisk.
  • 2
    Warm the water to lukewarm. Do the same with the milk. Then combine with butter, and stir.
  • 3
    Stir and then mix with your clean hands, and knead until all the dry ingredients are mixed forming a dough which is no longer dry, but pliable and stretchy.
  • 4
    Cut the dough into two pieces. Place each in an oiled bowl with a cover, and let rise in a warm place for an hour.
  • 5
    Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pepare a pizza pan, with olive oil, or use your pizza stone.
  • 6
    Place one hunk of dough on the pan, stretch it to fill the pan, and make a raised ridge. I rubbed a little olive oil on the dough. Bake for five minutes.
  • 7
    Remove from the oven and place on a rack, then continue to build your pizza, using sauce, cheeses of your choice and meat if desired and veggies.
  • 8
    Bake for about 15 or 20 minutes, until brown around the edges.
  • 9
    I made my own sauce, as I didn't have a jar of prepared sauce or any tomato sauce! You can boil the sauce as I did, to reduce it to the amount you need.
  • 10
    If you like to use a white sauce, I saw a new recipe here on Just A Pinch that looks great, by another "well-known chef". I wish I had seen it before using my red sauce!

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