Pizza Squares


 HI
For this week of the theme is Italian Dinner recipes and the first in the series is Pizza squares. These cute squares make a perfect dinner with loads of cheese and marinara.
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE BASE
All purpose flour
2 cups
Active dry yeast
2 tsp
Sugar
1tsp
Salt
1tsp
Olive oil
1tbsp
Water
 Nearly ¾ cup

FOR THE TOPPING
Onion
2

Cherry tomato
6

Olive oil
1tbsp

Oregano
1tsp

Chili flakes
1tsp

Marinara sauce
few tbsp

Mozarella cheese
As required


PREPARATION
For the base
Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer
Run the mixer in speed Minimum for 1 minute until the dough comes together
Next run in on speed 1 for 7 minutes and you will get a soft pliable dough
Transfer this to a well oiled bowl. Cover it and let it rise for 40 minutes
Next slice the onions and tonatoes
Heat a pan , add oil and saute the  onions till it becomes transparent
Now add the tomatoes and the seasonings, saute for a minute and switch off the fire and let it cool
Now preheat the oven to 200C
Take out the dough and punch it down a little
Pinch of equal amounts of the dough to make it into 2 equal poetions
Roll out each portion into a thin rectangle
Transfer this to a prepared baking tray(Lined with parchment paper)
Prick it all over with a fork
Cut into smaller squares.
Apply olive oil and bake it for 10 minutes
Take it out of the oven, spread the marinara, top it with the prepared topping, Grate mozzarella and bake it for another 10 minutes or until the cheese melts

Serve warm!!
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