4 Ways To Add More Flavor To Your Pizzas

Pizza is one of the most popular meals in the world, not only because it is an appetizing dish but because it is delicious. there are also many variations. There is something for every taste !

Pizza is one of the most versatile dishes that exist: the combinations of ingredients are limitless. The different gastronomic cultures each bring their own touch to the traditional pizza recipe.

In addition, the accessibility to a large number of ingredients in each region and each country allows the existence of delicious variations.

A not so banal variation consists in modifying the traditional dough of the pizza by adding artificial flavors, and thus obtain new flavors.

If you do this, the filling should be simple: with a loaded filling, the special taste of the dough may go unnoticed. Thus, for some, nothing better than the filling of the traditional pizza, the famous pizza called Margarita, which is made from tomato, mozzarella and oregano.

Bringing more flavor to your pizzas in order to obtain an original and delicious pizza is very easy. Discover here 4 ways to add more flavor to your pizzas, in order to make them even more appetizing.

You can even create a unique pizza. The idea is to modify the base by adding the ingredients of your choice. Take notes !

1. A tapenade pizza

By adding tapenade to the traditional pizza dough, we obtain a darker dough that contains the main flavors of this Provencal touch, namely capers, anchovies and black olives.

Ingredients for the dough

• 1 pizza dough
• Tapenade
• The filling: tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, oregano

The ingredients for the tapenade 

• 1 clove of garlic
• 10 black olives
• 3 anchovy fillets in oil
• 1 tablespoon of capers (15 g)
• 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme (3-5 g)
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil (30 ml)

The preparation

1. Using a blender or mortar, prepare the tapenade by mixing the ingredients mentioned above.
2. Spread the tapenade on the pizza dough so that it incorporates completely.
3. Add the garnish, and put the preparation in the oven as usual.

2. A pizza with seeds and dried fruits

Adding seeds and dried fruits to the pizza dough creates a contrast between sweetness and crispness. Add the proposed ingredients according to the number of people present at the table and to everyone’s tastes.

Ingredients

• 1 pizza dough
• 1 mixture of seeds: linseed, sesame, sunflower, squash, chia, poppy …
• Finely cut dried fruits: almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts …
• The garnish: tomato sauce, mozzarella, oregano

The preparation

1. Add seeds and dried fruits to the pizza dough. Make sure you incorporate the ingredients into the dough.
2. Add the garnish, and put the preparation in the oven as usual.

3. A pizza with a fermented dough 

Another way to add flavor to your pizzas is to use a fermented dough. This dough will be both thick and crispy.

Ingredients

For the ferment

• 300 g flour (1/2 cup)
• 20 g of yeast (1 sachet)
• 300 ml of water (1/2 cup)

For the dough 

• 20 g of salt (2 tablespoons)
• 700 g flour (1 + 1/2 cups)
• 20 g sugar (2 flat spoons)
• 350 ml of water (1/2 cup)
• 60 ml olive oil (4 tablespoons)

For garnish

• Tomato sauce
• Mozzarella
• Oregano

The preparation

The ferment

1. Dissolve the yeast in the water.
2. In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and water.
3. You will get a wet paste. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let stand for two hours.

Dough

1. In a blender, put all the ingredients together, including the ferment, and blend for about seven minutes.
2. Cover the preparation with plastic wrap, and put it in the refrigerator for 36 hours.
3. Once the specified time has elapsed, finish preparing the pizza as usual.

4. Chicago pizza

The dough of this pizza from the city of the same name in the United States contains corn flour, which is why it is thicker and more filling than traditional dough.

Ingredients for the dough

• 1 tablespoon of salt (5 g)
• 130 ml of water (1/2 cup)
• 1 tablespoon of sugar (5 g)
• 1 tablespoon of yeast (5 g)
• 200 g wheat flour (1 cup)
• 1 tablespoon of melted butter
• 30 g of corn flour (3 tablespoons)

The ingredients for the garnish 

• Cheese mix:  Mozzarella  and parmesan
• Tomato sauce
• Oregano
• Salami

The preparation

1. Mix all the ingredients for the dough together.
2. Oil the dough, then keep it in a bowl covered with plastic wrap, so that it doubles in volume.  
3. Roll out and flatten the dough using a rolling pin until it is roughly one centimeter thick.
4. Butter the dough on top, then roll it up. Flatten it again using the roller. Do this several times (roll up and flatten).
5. Form a ball, then let the dough rest in a plastic-covered bowl for half an hour.
6. Create the shape and size you want.
7. Fry the dough, so that the base is lightly toasted.
8. Preheat it for five minutes.
9. Then add the filling in the following order: cheese, tomato sauce, oregano and salami.
10. Put the dough in the oven for ten minutes.