Pizza Siciliana

Ingredients:

Crusty Pizza Dough:

Water 1 cup

Unsweetened applesauce 1 tablespoon

Salt ½ teaspoon

All purpose flour 1 ½ cup

Whole wheat flour 1 ½ cup

Yeast 1 ½ teaspoon (add it in ¼ cup of warm water)

Sauce:

Garlic cloves 2 chopped

Oil 2 tablespoons

Rosemary ¼ teaspoon

Oregano ¼ teaspoon

Salt to taste

Tomato paste ½ cup

Red chili powder 1 teaspoon

Topping:

Chili flakes 1 teaspoon

Grated mozzarella cheese 2 cup

Artichoke 8

Kalamata olives 20 sliced

Beef meat thin slices 5-6

Garlic infused oil 1 teaspoon

Olive oil 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

Direction:

Crusty Pizza Dough:

Mix all purpose flour, whole wheat flour salt, yeast and apple sauce. Now knead it with water to make smooth and elastic dough. Roll dough into a circle. Grease the pan, place the dough on the pan, and let it rise for 30 minutes before baking, for the thin crust, bake right away. Bake in a preheated 500 F oven for 3 minutes. Remove it from the oven.

Sauce:

Fry garlic in oil. When turns to golden brown, add rosemary and oregano and sauté them. Now add all other remaining ingredients in it and ½ cup water. Leave it to cook till all water evaporates.

Topping:

Preheat oven at 450 F. Fry the meat slices in 2 tablespoons of oil. Grease the pizza dish and spread the dough over it. Brush the pizza dough with garlic infused oil and spread the pizza sauce. Spread the chili flakes, beef slices, salt and pepper. Then keep the artichoke and olives over it. Evenly spread the grated cheese and bake it for 30 minutes or until the crust golden and the bottom crispy.