Ingredients

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For 2 pizzas

For the dough

• 500g sifted flour (4 cups)
• 10g dry active yeast (1 tablespoon)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 250ml warm water (1 cup)
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• a drizzle of olive oil (optional but I like it)

For the topping

• 1 container of 250g crème fraîche (1 cup)
• a little milk
• Pizza topping 1
• sliced fresh mushrooms
• a pinch of rosemary
• shredded mozzarella
• Salt, pepper
• To serve
• a handful of arugula leaves
• a little parmesan
• Pizza topping 2
• one log of goat cheese
• 1 red onion
• a drizzle of honey

If you change the number of serving, consider adjusting cooking times!

1. In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the yeast, sugar, and water and wait for the mixture to foam (this step verifies that your yeast is active). Then add the flour, salt, and a drizzle of olive oil. Knead for 5-7 minutes or until you get a beautiful smooth and elastic dough. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rest.

2. Meanwhile, prepare the topping of your choice. With the proportions for 500g of flour, I make 2 large pizzas. In a bowl, put the crème fraîche softened with a little milk to make it easy to spread. Sauté the mushrooms dry or with a drizzle of oil in a wok just until they smell fragrant, then season with salt, pepper, add the rosemary, and set aside. In the same hot wok, quickly sauté the red onion cut into slices, set aside. Cut the goat cheese log into rounds.

3. Preheat the oven to 275°C (525°F) (or your oven’s highest temperature) on pizza setting if your oven has one, or on conventional heat (that is, not convection). Roll out the dough thinly on a floured work surface then place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Then for pizza 1: spread half of the crème fraîche mixture, arrange the mushrooms, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake in the middle of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes.

For pizza 2: spread the pizza with the remaining crème fraîche mixture, arrange the red onions, distribute the goat cheese rounds, drizzle with honey, optionally add a little mozzarella.

When the first pizza is cooked, bake in the middle of the oven for 9-10 minutes. The oven will be hotter so the pizza may cook slightly faster.

The pizzas should be cooked and the cheese should be golden. When you take them out of the oven, if you like, you can add arugula and sprinkle parmesan on the mushroom pizza!

Tips and variations

• You can of course vary the toppings infinitely according to your tastes and what you have in your pantry or refrigerator.
• Pizza dough freezes perfectly, you can double the amount of dough and put half in a freezer bag and freeze it for next time (after the rise).