Okay, you don't have to make dough from scratch... or buy that weird, preservative-laden looking ready-made crust. Just go into the frozen food section of your grocer, look around the frozen pizza, pasta and garlic bread. There, on the bottom shelf! A one or two pack of a dough "ball".
Get that and follow directions for thawing. I suggest giving yourself plenty of time.
Oh, and invest in a decent pan. This is my fav:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=14748520
Good luck spreading/rolling/fighting with the dough to get it large and flat. This I still have not figured out yet. What I do know is that it's best to make it bigger than your pan, then rolling or scrunching the excess to make a thick outter crust. It also can fake deep dish with the pan above, as I accidentally did this past Christmas Eve.
Did I mention that home-made pizza has been our Christmas Eve dinner for 3 years running? This cute little picture must be from the first time (2009) because by now we're married and not nearly as cutesy.
Back to pizza.
Do the dough.
Do sauce (can of Cento pizza sauce for a buck anyone?)
Or not (slices of tomatoes instead)
Do the cheese (finely shredded mozz, despite my mom's observation that finely shredded is harder to eat with your hands out of the bag)
Do the jazz:
Fresh basil (cover with cheese so it doesn't burn)
Grilled chicken
Ham and bacon
Italian Seasonings Galore
Garlic (powdered, fresh or shit - roasted if you have time)
EV Olive Oil
Broccolli
This is not a recipe. Shoot it's barely a how-to. Just a suggestion. Make it!
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