Share
Every year, World Pizza Day is celebrated on February 9th to mark the growing and immense love everyone around the world feels for the round-shaped dish. Though born in Italy, pizza is often hailed as one of the best dishes in the world due to its universal appeal and unique combination of flavours, textures, and cultural significance. Its versatility is a key factor; from traditional Margherita to innovative toppings like barbecue chicken or pineapple, there's a pizza for every palate.
The crust, whether thin and crispy or thick and doughy, provides a satisfying base, while the tomato sauce offers a burst of tangy freshness. The gooey, melted cheese ties everything together, creating a harmonious blend of savory goodness. In India, pizzas have now become a mainstay and not only have people started enjoying pizza in its Italian avatar, but have also started innovating with Indian flavours as toppings too.
This World Pizza Day, if you want to try out a variety of homemade pizzas then we have the perfect treat for you. Chef Gunjit Singh Chawla, Corporate Chef, Independence Brewing Company, has shared three incredible pizza recipes that you must try out.
Artisan Goan Chorizo, Bacon, Red Onion, Tomato
Ingredients: -
Pizza Dough 200 gms
Pizza Sauce 120 gms
Goan Chorizo 100 gms
Onion 35 gms
Bacon 60 gms
Cherry Tomato 20 gms
Brown Sugar 6 gms
Cheese Mozzarella Shredded 125 gms
Salt 2gms
Black Pepper 1gm
Pizza Dough: -
Refine Flour 1kg
Milk Tetra Pack 500ml
Water 150ml
Yeast Fresh 15gms
Sugar 15gms
Salt 15gms
Olive 60ml
Pizza Sauce: -
Canned Peel Tomato 1kg pureed
Fresh Tomatoes 500gm
Olive Oil 90ml
Bay Leaf 3kg
Fresh Celery 35gm chopped
Fresh Basil Leaves 25gms
Fresh Oregano 10gms
Garlic 60gms chopped
Onion 100gms chopped
Sugar 20gms
Salt 15gms
Method: -
Making Dough: -
1. In a dough machine bowl put refined flour (sieved) salt and fresh yeast, attached hook attachment and star combining the mix gradually adding water to the mix on low speed, add olive oil with the speed increased to medium for 7 min or until smooth elastic dough. Scrape add the dough out from the hook also and place the dough in lightly oil steel bowl.
2. For those who don’t have dough machine can knead the dough with hand until a smooth dough is made.
3. Cut the dough into 200gm portion size and keep them in flour dusted Steel pan and cover it with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap in a warm area until double in size. You can refrigerate if not using the same day.
Making Sauce: -
1. In a heavy bottom sauce pot put olive oil adding bay leaf, garlic, onion, celery and stir until translucent, add the roughly chopped tomatoes and canned tomatoes (Puree) into the sauce pot and while cooking stir gradually reduce the sauce until desired consistency required adding salt, sugar and the herbs.
Assembling Pizza: -
1. Pre heat the oven for 250-degree Celsius, take the pizza dough and make flat base using hand method or with a rolling pin, Spread the pizza sauce all around the except the edge of the crust adding mozzarella cheese topped with Goan Chorizo (Pan Cooked), Grilled bacon and all the topping in the recipe, then place the pizza with the help of pizza bat into the oven and cooked for 6 min or until cooked. Remove the cooked pizza and cut it into 8 equal slices and then serve.
IBC Garden Pizza
Ingredients: -
Pizza Dough 200gm
Pizza Sauce 120gm
Cheese Mozzarella Shredded 70gms
Cheese Yellow Cheddar 60gms
Asparagus 70gms
Broccoli 50gms
Fresh Basil 5gms
Fresh Oregano 5gms
Bell Pepper 50gm
Salt 2gms
Black Pepper 2gms
Olive Oil 10ml
Method: -
1. Pre heat the oven for 250-degree Celsius, take the pizza dough and make flat base using hand method or with a rolling pin, Spread the pizza sauce all around the except the edge of the crust adding mozzarella cheese. Add
2. Asparagus and broccoli (both blanched) and all the topping in the recipe, finally topped with yellow cheddar. then place the pizza with the help of pizza bat into the oven and cooked for 6 min or until cooked.
3. Removed the cooked pizza cut it into 8 equal slices and then serve.
Bang Bang Chicken, leeks, scallions and chilli
Ingredients: -
Pizza Dough 200gms
Pizza Sauce 120gms
Chicken Leg Boneless 150gms
Sweet Chilli Sauce 40gms
Siracha Sauce 40gms
Soy Sauce 20gms
Leek Fresh 20gms
Chilli Red Fresh 10gms
Spring Onion 10gms
Cheese Mozzarella Shredded 125gms
Olive oil 10ml
Salt 2gms
Black Pepper 2gms
Method:-
Making Bang Bang Chicken: -
1. Sauté garlic and onion until translucent add diced Chicken Legs cooked till moist add Sweet Chilli Sauce, Siracha Sauce and Soya Sauce and reduce until chicken is cooked and coated in sauce.
Assembling Pizza: -
1. Preheat the oven to 250-degree Celsius, take the pizza dough and make a flat base using the hand method or with a rolling pin, Spread the pizza sauce all around except the edge of the crust adding mozzarella cheese topped with cooked Bang Bang Chicken, chilli red fresh, leek. Then place the pizza with the help of pizza bat into the oven and cook for 6 minutes or until cooked
2. Remove the cooked pizza and garnish with spring onion and cut it into 8 equal slices and then serve.
