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Delicious after-work recipe: aromatic lightning pizza in under 30 minutes
Enjoyable for the whole family: This lightning pizza will delight you after work.
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Pizza is always possible, especially after work. This quick recipe beats any frozen pizza in terms of time and taste and is on the table in just 30 minutes. Perfect for long days.
Every second there are 951 worldwide Pizzas are eaten – no wonder, after all, the traditional Italian dish has an incomparable aroma that has delighted young and old alike for centuries. Originating in Naples around 1520 and becoming one of the most popular dishes of all time, the art of making pizza is now officially listed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
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But even if a traditional Neapolitan pizza dough is unique in its recipe and taste, in everyday life there is often a lack of time and patience for complex preparation processes, including hours of rising time and precise temperature specifications. A lightning pizza can help. Instead of 24 hours, the dough only takes 30 minutes – and can therefore be made even after work. Even if one or two Neapolitan pizza makers throw up their hands in horror at this recipe: the combination of simple, quick and delicious is simply irresistibly good.
Recipe for a quick pizza in under 30 minutes
Ingredients for one tray
For the dough
- 400 g wheat flour, type 405
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 40 ml olive oil
- 250 ml lukewarm water
For quick tomato sauce
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 white onion
- 1 pack of tomato paste
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt pepper
- oregano
For covering
- 200 g grated mozzarella
- Topping of your choice, e.g. chopped vegetables, tuna, pepperoni, capers, olives, corn
preparation
- Preheat the oven to the highest setting.
- Knead wheat flour, salt, baking powder, olive oil and water into a smooth dough.
- Roll out on a well-floured work surface, either into a large rectangular pizza dough, alternatively cut into thirds and form three flat cakes into round pizza bases.
- Place on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
- Peel the garlic and onion. Puree together with chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper and oregano using a hand blender to make a quick tomato sauce.
- Spread on the pizza dough.
- Spread the grated cheese on the tomato sauce. Then top the pizza with the ingredients of your choice. Sliced mushrooms, corn, tuna, pepperoni or red onions are particularly suitable – there are no limits to your creativity.
- Bake the finished pizzas at 250 degrees top/bottom heat for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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