Imagine yourself taking a bite of your homemade pizza, and suddenly you find yourself standing in the middle of old Italy in 997 CE by the shore of Gaeta. The smell of bread heightens your hunger as you see the local baker baking the flat breads with tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil toppings. This flatbread is the origin of the pizza you eat now, which has various toppings and different dough styles. Back then, people mostly made it with focaccia bread, basil, and mozzarella cheese. People added tomatoes only after the Spanish introduced them from America.
Growth in popularity
This is the history of pizza you love, but now the recipe has been changed and adapted to the current tastes of various countries. Though back then it was a meal for the working classes only, as it could be enjoyed on the go and wasn’t part of the kitchen cuisine, but gradually it became a common practice to be enjoyed by all classes, considering the Marinara pizza being presented to the Queen of Italy during a visit. Even in Pakistan, what we have is a Sicilian-style Pizza which is produced by the local shops. This type of pizza is created with a thick dough with various types of bizarre toppings, which are found only locally. Whether the dough type is thick or thin is, we can level up the game with Achha pizza cheese.
Creating the best pizza with Achha Pizza cheese
When you are making your pizza, the two main ingredients which may change the game completely are the dough and the pizza cheese. The dough may look like bland bread to some, but can be savoured in various styles like Sicilian style dough, New York style, Neapolitan or Detroit style dough. Created with flour of different kinds, milled to different fineness and levels of proteins. For the cheese, the best selection is our best pizza cheese, which has 50% mozzarella cheese in it and 50% cheddar cheese quantity. This distributional level of pizza cheese not just gives your pizza that crazy gooey cheese pull, but also heightens that creamy, cheesy flavour you love. One of the most common pizzas enjoyed overall is the margarita pizza.
Margarita pizza recipe with Achha pizza cheese
One of the oldest and the most simple pizzas that mankind has enjoyed for a long time is the margarita pizza. This pizza is not just simple but contains a simplicity that other pizzas may lack and a taste which may open new taste buds for many. Using one of our best pizza cheeses will make your simple meal a classic delight.
Ingredients
The recipe doesn’t require any lavish ingredients; it’s simple and tastes wonderful with Achha cheese.
For the pizza dough
· All-purpose Flour 2½ cups (300 g)
· 1 teaspoon sugar (powder form)
· ½ teaspoon active dry yeast or instant yeast (11g)
· ¾ teaspoon salt
· 7 ounces of water (warm not boiling)
· 1 tablespoon olive oil/ vegetable oil/butter
· All-purpose flour or semolina
Pizza sauce
· Tomato puree 1 cup
· 2-3 fresh garlic cloves (paste)
· 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
· Salt 3 pinches
· ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Toppings
· Basil
· Achha Pizza cheese (cut into small pieces)
Instructions
1) For the dough, it is better to add all the ingredients step by step and kneed in properly so that there is no white streak visible. It would be better to add the oil (olive oil or your preferred brand) after you mix and start kneading the dough. Though according to the room temperature and the humidity level of your area it is possible that the dough may lose its shape in the start so after mixing it in the bowl it is better to remove it and put it on the counter and knead it with some more flour. After it looks more stable, convert it into a greased bowl.
2) Now put the dough to rest. The resting time should be 2 hours or 3, so that the texture after baking is soft and chewy, not hard. Make sure your bowl is covered with a plastic wrap or cloth so that an optimum temperature is stabilized inside. If you are making it in winter, then a method can be to boil a cup of water and put it in a baking oven with the covered bowl. This will ensure the yeast is given its required temperature to work.
3) Preheat the oven at 285C.
4) Next, make the sauce. Mix all the ingredients for the sauce. Adding olive oil will give it a very classy taste. On the other hand, chop the Achha pizza cheese into pieces and put the basil leaves aside.
5) Now take the dough and separate it into two equal portions. It would deflate when you do so, but that is totally normal. Let it rest for a few more minutes to get the fluffy texture.
6) Now stretch your pizza, you can stretch it with hands while sprinkling the floor or semolina. You can also shape it with rolling pin depending on the consistency. After it has become at least 8 inches in size or whatever length you desire, you can put it in baking tray or pan, whichever is suitable, you can start adding the sauce first and then the toppings.
7) Put it in the oven for 8 to 9 minutes. The best tip is to look for the perfect color.
8) Enjoy the margarita pizza made with Achha pizza cheese.
