The recipe I chose was the Homemade pizza one. I chose that one because my family and I tend to enjoy pizza a lot so I thought it would be good to work with a food we eat a lot. The two modifications I chose to do was reduce the fat by 50% and reduce the saturated fat by 50%. The ways I did that was replacing tomato paste with sauce, mozzarella cheese with fat free mozzarella cheese, and no pepperoni. While modifying the recipe the pizza was slightly less flavorful and it visually was not as pleasing as the original recipe.
Homemade Pizza reduced fat
50% less fat
50% less reduced fat
Makes 2 Pizzas
16 Servings (1slice=1 serving)
Sauce:
½ 12 oz can Tomato Sauce
1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed 1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Pizza Crust:
3 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed 2 (.25 ounce) envelopes FLEISCHMANN'S(R) Pizza Crust Yeast or RapidRise(R) Yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/3 cups very warm water (120 degrees F to 130 degrees F) 1/3 cup oil
Toppings:
1 cup fat free mozzarella cheese
Directions:
1. For sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients with 1/4 cup water in a medium bowl; set aside for flavors to develop while making crust. Freeze remaining paste .
2. For crusts: Combine 2 cups of flour with the dry yeast, sugar and salt. Add the water and oil and mix until well blended (about 1 minute). Gradually add enough remaining flour slowly, until a so, sticky dough ball is formed.
3. Knead for about 4 minutes, on a floured surface, until dough is smooth and elastic. Add more flour, if needed. (If using RapidRise(R) Yeast, let dough rest, covered, for 10 minutes.)
4. Divide dough in half. Pat each half (with floured hands) into a 12-inch greased pizza pan OR roll dough to fit pans.
5. For pizzas: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Top crusts with sauce and cheese.
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until crusts are browned and cheese is bubbly. For best results, rotate pizza pans
between top and bottom oven racks halfway through baking.