Handmade Matcha Pizza

By: Aiya Japan

Matcha naturally interferes with yeast, so this Matcha Pizza recipe calls for more yeast than a standard pizza recipe. Try making this with friends and loved ones!


Handmade Matcha Pizza

SERVINGS: 2 pizzas

TIME: 1 hrs

CATEGORY: Cuisines

INGREDIENTS

  • Pizza Dough
  • • 2 Tbsp Aiya Culinary Grade Matcha
  • • 1 ½ cups bread flour
  • • ½ cup cake flour
  • • 2 tsp dry yeast
  • • ½ tsp salt
  • • 4 oz lukewarm water
  • • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • Tomato Sauce
  • • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • • 2 tomatoes
  • • ¼ onion
  • • 1 clove garlic
  • • ¼ cup soup
  • Toppings
  • • ½ cup shredded mozarella
  • • 1 tomato
  • • Basil (optional)
  • • Anchovies (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  • Pizza Dough
  • 1. Sift all the dry ingredients except for the yeast together and set aside.
  • 2. Add the yeast to the sifted ingredients and mix well.
  • 3. Add the lukewarm water and olive oil and knead together until it forms a smooth dough.
  • 4. Lightly coat a bowl with vegetable oil, form the dough into a ball, place in the bowl, and cover. All the dough to rise until it is about 3 times its size.
  • Tomato Sauce
  • 1. Mince the garlic and chop the onion and then sauté in a pot with the olive oil.
  • 2. Boil some water in a separate pot and make X-shaped slices into the top and bottom of the tomatoes.
  • 3. Lightly boil the tomatoes until the skin begin to wrinkle.
  • 4. Transfer to an ice bath to cool them and then carefully peel away the skin of the tomatoes. Chop them.
  • 5. Add the tomatoes to the onions and garlic and then pour in the soup. Simmer together.
  • Assemble
  • 1. Split the pizza dough into two and roll each out into a circle to your desired thickness.
  • 2. Put sauce, mozzarella, basil, anchovies, and whatever toppings you want on your pizza.
  • 3. Bake in a 400°F oven for about 10 minutes.

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