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                    White Pizza - Authentic Italian

Recipe By     : George Earl - Baltimore, Maryland ([email protected])
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pizza                            Italian

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                       ---- -- PIZZA DOUGH ------
  4 3/4  Cups          white flour
  2      Cups          warm water -- 105 degrees
  3      Teaspoons     dry yeast
  1      Teaspoon      salt
  1      Tablespoon    olive oil
                       ---- -- TOPPING ------
                       olive oil
                       coarse Kosher salt (sea salt)
                       dried rosemary

Dissolve yeast in the warm water.  Add yeast/water mixture to 3 cups of the
flour.   Mix, adding regular salt and olive oil a little at a time.  Add
the rest
of the flour bit by bit until the dough "feels right".

Turn dough onto a floured board and knead; adding more flour if necessary
to keep  the dough from sticking to your fingers.  Put the dough in a
greased bowl and rotate to distribute the grease all over the dough.  Let
rise until about double  in size (approx. 2 hours).

Remove the dough, punch down and roll out on the floured board to a
thickness of  3/8 to 1/2 inch (make it any shape you desire).  Put dough in
a pan or cookie sheet.  With a pastry brush, paint liberally with
additional olive oil.  Use your  thumb and 2 fingers to make dimples over
the entire surface.  Sprinkle the Kosher sea salt and rosemary over the
surface of the dough.  Let rise a little more.

Bake at 375 degrees F for about 25 minutes.  When done, paint liberally
again with olive oil.

Makes 1 white pizza.

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Serving Ideas : Eat alone, or with pasta, or as a sandwich.

NOTES : George (who grew up in Italy) says this is what you would get if you
wal
ked into a corner pizzeria in Rome and asked for "White Pizza".  In Italy,
there
are 2 basic types of pizza -- white and red.  Red pizza is white pizza with
tom
ato sauce.