Peppalicious
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Get the pizza base out and start putting your cheese and pepperoni.
Bake
Put the pizza base in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Once the pizza starts to bubble, it's ready to be taken out of the oven.
Serve
Cut the pizza and serve.
Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Pizza base
- Forms the crust that holds the toppings and bakes to a crisp, sturdy base.
- Grated cheddar cheese
- Melts and bubbles over the top, adding fat, richness and golden browning.
- Pepperoni
- Releases fat and savoury flavour as it heats, seasoning the pizza.
- Tomato purée
- Adds moisture and a tangy, slightly acidic base flavour under the cheese.
The step that matters
Take the pizza out once the cheese starts to bubble. Bubbling shows the cheese has melted and the pizza is heated through. Leaving it in longer can dry the sauce and toughen the cheese, and the crust can over-brown or burn.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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