Food Tech: Whole Pizza

The 'Food Tech' session, after we had made the pizza slices, we then were tasked to create an entire pizza, family-sized. More or less the method had been the same, before any assembling and cooking, ingredients are to be prepped. Similar ingredients were presented and given to us cheese, black olives, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, salami, ham, capsicum and pineapple; as well as a pizza sauce, salt, pepper and herbs [oregano].

Method:

1. Pizza sauce is spread, using a circular motion from the middle where the sauce is laid, work it up near the crust of the pizza, and inch before the edges.
2. The prepped ingredients are to be scattered around the pizza evenly.
3. Ingredients such as tomatoes are to be placed second to last, just before putting the layer of cheese on.
4. Cheese is used to cover most if not all of the ingredients.
5. Place the pizza on an oven tray or even better a preheated pizza stone. 
6. In a preheated oven of around 180 oC degrees place the pizza in.
7. Approx 20 mins or until a gold layer of cheese has formed the pizza is ready to be taken out and rest for a substantial amount of minutes and "viola" Pizzaria, a whole pizza to be enjoyed the whole family.

There have been a few times that I have made my own pizza, from scratch as I might add. For me, the assembly and the dough/base of a pizza are what brings it together, without a good base the pizza will fall apart, not having the right texture would have a similar effect as well. Of course the most important of all, the taste, the taste is the biggest factor into tasting these splendid dishes, without the right amount of flavour, however good the main ingredient is, it would never succeed into a better-flavoured opponent.