Homemade Pizza Recipes

Edwin J. Reif, Michael Siegel and James Wenstrup are three pizza enthusiasts from Cleveland, Ohio who started out making pizzas in thier mothers kitchens at a young age.

Over the years the three have compiled quite a collection of delicious recipes for homemade pizza, from traditional favorites like pepperoni or sausage to unique ideas, like an Arby's (tm) Pizza.

So take a few minutes to browse our recipes and find something that you want to cook tonight!

A special note: occasionally on this site you will see a link with two asteriks' following some ingredients or directions ( ** ), These links include addition information or optional directions which are not essential to the recipe, but with some additional effort may make it taste better.

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Featured Recipe:

Chorizo and Italian Sausage Pizza

A sausage pizza with a little zing...

Total Prep / Cook Time (not including dough / sauce) : 60-75 minutes.
Level of Difficulty: Advanced.

Ingredients:
Note: all recipes on this site are scaled to a 14" round large pizza, for larger or smaller pizzas, please scale accordingly.

1 Traditional Dough
3/4 Cup Arrabiata (spicy) Tomato Sauce
8 oz. Shredded Mozzarella
4 oz. Ground Italian Sausage
4 oz. Ground Chorizo (Mexican) Sausage
1/2 Large Spanish (yellow) Onion
Flour
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Ground Black Pepper
Red Wine (Sweet, if possible)

Directions:

 To Prepare toppings:

Julienne the onion half into slices as long as the onion and approximately 1/8 inch in width.

Set aside.

Combine Sausages in a bowl.
_{NOTE: You want to buy bulk sausage, if not, you must remove the casing as it is not needed nor wanted.}

In a large saute pan, brown the sausage. Leave as much of the grease in the pan as possible.

Heat the pan again and add the onion to it.

Throw in a pinch of salt and a pinch of coarse ground black pepper.

You want to caramelize the onion - which is basically bringing out the sugar.

If the grease in the pan is not enough to keep the onions coated (not burning,) add olive oil as necessary.

When the sugar in the onion caramelizes, the onion will be a dark brown color, but not burned.

Once this occurs (usually 20-25 minutes) finish off the onions with a few dashes of a nice red wine to add to color and flavor.

 To Prepare Pizza Itself:

Preheat oven to 550 degrees
_{*if using a pizza stone, make sure the oven is preheating/heated for at least twenty minutes prior to putting the pizza into the oven.}

Sprinkle a thin layer of flour on a flat preparing surface, place dough ball onto flour and roll to get a light coating of flour.

Using a rolling pin or your hands, stretch dough out evenly to the size of the pan.

Prepare the pan using either cornmeal or olive oil, and place dough onto pan.

Spread sauce evenly across dough.

Sprinkle a light layer of shredded cheese onto pizza to act as a base to hold other toppings.

Evenly distribute onions across entire pizza.

Crumble the sausage across the entire pizza making sure there is even coverage.

Spread remainder of the Mozzarella across pizza.

If desired, add a light sprinkling of cheddar or other cheeses atop the mozzarella.

Place pizza in oven and cook for 10 to 13 minutes, until crust is golden brown, and cheese has just begun to brown.

To enhance the flavor of the crust try a garlic oil glaze.

_{Recipe By: Ed}