The best homemade pizza recipe

Homemade pizza is always a good idea. It's the perfect meal for a festive Friday night, for a Sunday couch, or just as a treat on a weekday evening. It can be served to guests with a good bottle of red wine, and the next day the leftovers will bring happiness to packed lunches. For everyday life and parties - pizza is always a hit! This is our best recipe for homemade pizza, perfect for both occasions. The base is perfectly crispy, thin and with good air holes in the crust. But it's also super easy to conjure up, so it's a manageable project even on busy days. 

TIP: Also try this recipe: pizza with pumpkin base.

Easy and quick dough for pizza base

Many pizza dough recipes require the dough to rise for hours, some even overnight, especially if it is baked with sourdough. This undoubtedly gives a fantastic result, but often the desire for homemade pizza comes more acutely. With this pizza dough recipe, there is 1.5 hours from thought to action. From the pizza craving arises until dinner can be put on the table. The dough can be mixed in a mixer, but it can also be easily kneaded by hand.   

Tips for the best pizza crust

• Use a mixture of durum flour and Tipo 00 wheat flour:

  Durum flour is often used in Italian bread and pasta. It is a type of wheat that is broken finely but not ground like regular flour. Therefore, it gives more flavor and a crisp, beautiful color and extra crispy crust to bread. Tipo 00 wheat flour has a higher protein content, and therefore it is super strong because gluten can develop better in the bread. This means that the dough can be rolled out very thinly and becomes super supple, and at the same time nice air holes develop in the crust during baking. You can easily use regular wheat flour as an alternative, but it really makes a big difference to the result to use a mixture of durum flour and tipo 00 wheat flour.

• Roll and stretch your pizza dough thinly:

  One prefers a crispy and thin pizza base. To achieve the perfect pizza base, it is first and foremost important that you get a good, strong pizza dough. A dough that is kneaded well, so that it is flexible and easy to work with. You can optionally use a rolling pin when rolling out the dough on a lightly floured board. We recommend stretching the dough so that it is perfectly thin.

• Bake the pizza on a baking stone or baking sheet:

  The tastiest pizzas are made by baking them in a real pizza oven. However, few people have one in their homes, which is why we try to recreate the conditions in a regular oven. This is best done by baking the pizzas at high heat on a baking stone or baking sheet. This way the base becomes crunchy and fully baked, and the pizza filling is perfectly cooked. If you bake the pizza at a lower heat, you risk the filling being ready before the base, so you get burnt cheese on a soft base - not optimal! If you don't have a baking stone or baking sheet, you can still make good, crispy pizzas. Here, you just need to heat the baking sheets well in the oven, so that they are hot when you put the pizzas on a hot surface before they go into the oven.

• Use less but better filling:

  We find that many people often put too much filling on their pizzas. This makes it almost impossible to get a crispy bottom. Remember: Less is more! You get the best pizza bottom with a smaller and well-balanced amount of toppings.

Ideas for pizza toppings

Pizza toppings can really be varied endlessly! And the great thing about pizza slices is that you don't have to choose, but can grab a piece of each. Our two favorites are the classic margarita with pizza sauce and mozzarella as well as the delicious potato pizza with rosemary. Other good ideas for pizza toppings could be:

• Green pesto, artichoke hearts and mozzarella
• Pizza sauce, mozzarella and ham/sausage
• Pizza sauce, eggplant and arugula
• Pesto and mushrooms
• Figs, serrano and caramelized red onions
• Roasted mushrooms and bresaola
• Spinach, ricotta and artichoke
• Pizza with apple and pancetta
• Red plagueoh and mozzarella