Whole Wheat Pizza Dough with Fennel Pollen and Taggiasca EVOO

Here comes the first recipe using an exquisite EVOO, Tiaggasca and the Fennel Pollen from Pollen Ranch Spices. We love pizza and every week I make sure it is on the menu. My older two girls love to help out and make their own, I find that having them help out in the kitchen is great because not only do they learn to cook but they also tend to try more things. Enjoy!

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough with Fennel Pollen


Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 1/2 tablespoons yeast
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
pinch of salt
1/2 cup honey
2 teaspoons fennel pollen
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 sweet onion, chopped
Taggiasca

Preheat oven to 400*
In bowl, combine water, yeast, and honey. Let mixture sit for 5 minutes. In another bowl, mix together flour, salt, and fennel pollen. Using dough hook on kitchen aid ( if you do not have this you will need to combine ingredients and mix using a wooden spoon.) slowly combine the liquid ingredients with your flour. If you find the mixture to be a bit dry, add more water. Knead the dough with the dough hook in place for about 10 minutes, or by hand. Let dough sit in bowl on a warm surface with a damp cloth over for about 40 minutes.
Once dough has risen, divide dough into two parts. Roll dough out into crust. If using an aluminum pan, make sure you dust a bit of cornmeal on the bottom so dough will not stick to pan. If using stoneware, just roll dough out in shape of pizza crust. Brush a little Taggiasca EVOO over crust. Sprinkle garlic and onion over crust. Place pizza crust in oven for 10 minutes. Get your sauce and veggies or whatever topping you like prepared at this time. When crust comes out, spread your sauce and toppings on, stick back in oven and cook for 20-25 more minutes. Enjoy!


Pizza Sauce:

We love to make our own pizza sauce, it tastes so much better than store bought. Here is what we do:

1 can petite diced tomatoes ( I love the Safeway brand with oil and garlic)

That is it! You can also try adding some tomato paste to it. So easy and so good!