Recipe - Julia Childs Tomato And Caper Pizza

DOUGH
1 One half cup Warm water
4 teaspoon Instant yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon Cornmeal
4 tablespoon Olive oil
4 cup Unbleached allpurpose
flour; (approx.)

TOPPING
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 lg Clove garlic finely minced
1 cup Pizza sauce; (approx.)
One fourth teaspoon Chili pepper; (optional)
One fourth teaspoon Oregano
1/8 teaspoon Ground black pepper
3 cup Shredded mozzarella or Brick
cheese; (approx.) (enough
to cover pizza in one even
layer)
1/3 cup Thinly cut or sliced up red onions
2 tablespoon Capers; (small size)
2 ounce Thinly cut or sliced up Italian
calabrese sausage; up to 3
Olive oil for pan
Corn meal for sprinkling

To prepare pizza dough, whisk together all ingredients except flour to
dissolve sugar and salt. Stir in flour and mix to make a dough. When you
can no longer mix by hand, begin kneading, either by hand or machine,
adding small amounts of flour as you proceed. You should add flour until
dough is soft but no longer sticks to work bowl or your hands. Knead about
68 minutes. Let dough rest, covered with lightly greased plastic or wax
paper and a tea towel about an hour. You can also refrigerate the dough
overnight or for several hours in an oiled plastic bag to bake pizza later.

To make pizza, preheat oven to 425 F. Roll or stretch out half of dough to
a 12 inch round. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat
with olive oil. Sprinkle some corn meal on a large baking sheet. Place
pizza dough on sheet. Cover dough with olive oil and minced garlic. Using
the back of a spoon, cover with pizza sauce and sprinkle with pepper,
oregano and black pepper. Sprinkle on shredded cheese, then onions, capers,
and finally, the calabrese. Bake until outer crust begins to brown, cheese
is bubbling and calabrese is sizzling. Serve at once. Serves about four.

Repeat with remaining dough or freeze unused dough and make up another
pizza on another occasion.

Inspired by "Your Own Homemade Pizza" by Julia Child. This version calls
for capers and the result is delicious. Don't look for the capers, just
enjoy.

NOTES : This recipes makes two 12 inch pies, you can freeze the pizza
dough, in a oiled plastic bag and defrost in fridge for another pizza day).
Posted to KitMailbox Digest by J Pellegrino gigimfg@ix.netcom.com on May
26, 1998