Pizza is one of the best foods to eat while you’re hanging out with your friends or even while you’re just chilling by yourself. Pizza is also very easy to get nowadays, especially nowadays when you can order everything online. You just have to go to the app, and voila, your pizza arrives at your house.
However, pizza sometimes can be very pricey, especially if you are at the end of the month with less money (or maybe nothing) left. But, worry no more guys, you can make yourself pizza at home, it’s pretty cheap and easy actually. Here are 8 homemade pizza with cheap toppings recipes for you!
Make Your Homemade Pizza Dough
Before we go into the topping’s recipes, it is better that you know how to make pizza dough by yourself so you can save more money.
To make the dough you will need:
- Three-quarter cups of warm water
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 2 teaspoon of honey (or sugar)
- Half teaspoon of salt
- Scant tablespoon of yeast
- 2 and a half cups of all-purpose flour (but bread flour or a combination would also work)
After every ingredients are ready,
- Place flour in a mixer bowl.
- Top with salt, sugar, and yeast.
- Add water and oil. Should make a soft dough that isn’t sticky at all.
- Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Cover the mixing bowl and let dough rise until at least doubled – a couple of hours. It’s okay if it goes longer.
- After the dough is expanded, sprinkle flour on the cutting board or the kitchen table to prevent the dough from sticking to it.
- Then, dab the dough the size of a fist, shape it into a round shape, and place it on the cutting board or the kitchen table to prevent the dough from sticking to it.
- Stretch the dough until it becomes even. You can use your hands or a rolling pin. Keep rolling until the dough forms a pizza shape that matches the size you want.
There you go, your dough is ready!
8 Homemade Toppings Recipes
Now that you can make the pizza dough yourself, here are the 8 homemade pizza toppings you can add to your pizza dough.
1. Cheese and Sausage
Ingredients you need:
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- Cheese (as your preference), shred it
- Tomato sauce (as your preference)
- Sausage (as your preference), cut it into pieces
- Basil
After every ingredients are ready,
- Add milk and cornstarch into a pan, do not turn on the stove yet, and mix it.
- Then, turn on the stove on low heat, and add the cheese. Mix it again.
- Cook the pizza dough in a non-stick pan for at least 5 minutes with low heat.
- Spread the pizza dough with tomato sauce.
- Then, add the melted milk and cheese and spread it evenly.
- Add the sausage pieces, spread them evenly.
- Sprinkle the basil, as your preference.
- Cook it all for 15 minutes on low heat, and voila, your pizza is ready.
2. Ham Mozzarella
Ingredients you need:
- Bolognese sauce⠀
- 3 slices of ham, cut it to pieces⠀
- Half onion, chop it to pieces
- Dried oregano⠀
- Corn kernel⠀
- Mozzarella, shred it
After the ingredients are ready,
- Boil the corn kernel.
- Spread the bolognese sauce into the dough.
- Add the ham, onion, oregano, boiled corn, and mozzarella into the dough. Spread it evenly.
- Put it in the oven at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes, and your pizza is ready!
3. Tofu
Ingredients you need:
- Tofu, slice it into small pieces
- Bolognese sauce
- 1 onion, chop it
- 1 celery, chop it
- Mayonnaise (as your preference)
- Sausage (as your preference), cut it to pieces
- Cheese (as your preference), shred it
After the ingredients are ready,
- Spread the bolognese sauce into the dough.
- Add the tofu, onion, sausage, cheese, and mayonnaise into the dough. Distribute it evenly.
- Sprinkle the celery into the dough.
- Put it in the oven for about 15-25 minutes, and your tofu pizza is ready to eat!
4. Tuna
Ingredients you need:
- 185 gr canned tuna
- 150 gr sweet corn kernel
- 2 pcs tomato, cut into 1 cm dice-shaped
- 100 gr cheddar cheese, shred it
- Half onion, chop it
- 2 tablespoon chilli sauce
- 4 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoon mayonnaise
After the ingredients are ready,
- Put the chili sauce, tomato sauce, and mayonnaise into a bowl. Mix it.
- Spread the mixed sauce into the pizza dough.
- Add the tuna, corn, onion, and tomato. Sprinkle it with the cheese.
- Cook it on low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
- Serve it with chili sauce, and your tuna pizza is ready to eat!
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5. Chicken and Corn
Ingredients you need:
- Chicken (as your preference)
- Salt (as your preference)
- Pepper (as your preference)
- Corn kernel (as your preference)
- Onion (as your preference)
- Quick melt cheese (as your preference), shred it
- Sauce (as your preference)
After the ingredients are ready,
- Boil the chicken with salt and pepper as the seasoning.
- After that, shred the chicken.
- Boil the corn kernel too.
- Spread the sauce into the pizza dough.
- Put the shredded chicken, corn, and cheese. Sprinkle it evenly.
- Put it in the oven for about 15 minutes, and your pizza is ready!
6. Meatball and Sausage
Ingredients you need:
- Bolognese sauce
- Meatball, cut it into pieces
- Sausage, cut it into pieces
- Corn kernel
- Onion, garlic, and shallot
- Cheese, shred it
After the ingredients are ready,
- Stir fry the sliced onion, garlic, shallot, and corn for about 5 minutes on low heat.
- Spread the sauce into the pizza dough.
- Add the meatball, sausage, onion, garlic, shallot, and corn. Distribute it evenly.
- Sprinkle the shredded cheese.
- Cook it on low heat for about 7 minutes, and your pizza is ready!
7. American Pizza
Ingredients you need:
- Oregano
- Mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Minced meat, stir fried
- Sausage
- Mushroom, slice it
- A quarter paprika, cut it into dice-shaped
- One-third onion, chop it
- Bolognese sauce
After the ingredients ready,
- Spread the sauce into the pizza dough.
- Add the sausage, meat, mushroom, paprika, and onion. Sprinkle it evenly.
- Sprinkle it with oregano and parmesan.
- Add mozzarella on top of that.
- Sprinkle it again with oregano and parmesan.
- Put it in the oven for about 20 minutes, and your pizza is ready to eat!
8. Vegetarian Pizza
Ingredients you need:
- Pizza sauce (as your preference)
- Baby spinach
- Part-skim mozzarella
- Artichoke
- Bell pepper
- Shallot/red onion
- Cherry tomatoes
- Olives
- Sliced almonds
- Cheese (as your preference)
After the ingredients are ready,
- Spread the sauce into the pizza dough.
- Add the spinach, distribute it evenly, then add cheese on top of it.
- Add the artichoke, bell pepper, red onion, tomatoes, olives, and almond. Distribute it evenly.
- Put it in the oven for about 10-12 minutes, and your pizza is ready to eat!
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That is all! Those are 8 pizza toppings recipes that you can make at home. They are pretty easy and cheap, right?
So, Flokqers, which pizza topping recipe would you like to make?