School Pizza Recipe

[thelufias]

Believe it or not....we never got served Pizza in Elementary, JR High School nor High School.   But in High School you could order it to be delivered to the school cafeteria at lunch time LOL....

[Jherrith]

Here is an old school recipe for your enjoyment.

School Pizza Recipe

Half sheet pan and line with parchment paper.

Crust:

2 ⅔ flour
¾ cup powdered milk
2 T sugar
1 packet of quick rise yeast
1 tsp salt
1 ⅔ cup warm water (105-110 degrees)
2 T vegetable oil

Filling:

½ pound ground chuck½ tsp salt½ tsp pepper1 8oz block mozzarella cheese – grated yourself (To be authentic school pizza, you will have to use imitation mozzarella shreds.)


Sauce (I make sauce the day before):
6oz can tomato paste
1 cup water
⅓ olive oil
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
½ tbsp dried oregano
½ tbsp dried basil

Directions:

½ tsp dried rosemary crushed


Crust: Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Spray pan with Pam and lay Parchment paper down
In a large bowl – flour, powdered milk, sugar, yeast, salt – whisk to blend
Add oil to hot water (110-115 degrees) – pour into your mixture
Stir with a wooden spoon until batter forms – don't worry about lumps – you just want no dry spots
Spread dough into pan using fingertips until it's even. If dough doesn't want to cooperate, let rest 5 minutes and try again
Bake just the crust for 8-10 minutes – remove from oven and set aside.
Brown meats until it resembles crumbles – set aside and drain meat
Get out the pizza sauce – to partially baked crust, assemble:
Sauce – spread all over crust
Sprinkle meats
Sprinkle cheese
Bake at 475 degrees for 8-10 minutes until cheese melts and begins to brown
Remove from oven – let stand 5 minutes
Cut in slices and serve!