Cast Iron Pan Whole Wheat Pizza - In Under 30 mins

America runs on Pizza! It is the best tasting, easy-n-quick food to get, sitting in the comfort of your home. A lot has been said about the nutrition in Pizza. Restaurants are catering to gluten-free, whole wheat and thin crust customer demands. But when there is so much buzz about ingredient list, pizza places usually do not provide it for the dough. One of the dangerous ingredients that can be found on pretty much any pizza you eat in the marketplace is MSG (Mono Sodium Glutamate). Not just that, the pizza sauce would contain corn syrup, other forms of modified sugars and several GMO products. If you happen to read the ingredient list, always remember; if you cannot pronounce it, your body won't either. If it reads something bad, it most likely is.

MSG is a synthetic amino acid, declared as an excitotoxin as it stimulate the cells to death. It is a chemical enhancer, that tricks your brain to eat more and more. It is very sad that our favorite foods are designed to cheat our body. But you can take back control. Here is how - without destroying the integrity of Pizza for being a comfortable and quick food - make it at home in less than 30 mins. These 30mins are well spent making pizza at home with the family rather than ordering on phone and killing time waiting for it.

Recipe
Pizza Dough (makes 3 personal pizza)
1 1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups of whole wheat flour
1 pkg instant yeast
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp white sugar
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 cup very warm water

• Preheat the oven at 450 deg F.
• In a mixing bowl, throw in all dry ingredients.
• Knead the dough with the water. As you knead, yeast activates and it will become sticky. So you may use some oil.
• Cover and set aside for 10-15 min.
• In this time, choose and arrange your favorite toppings.
• The dough would have risen quite a lot in this time. Divide in 3 equal portions.

• Brush the cast iron skillet with some olive oil. Heat on low-medium.
• Roll the dough about 1/2 inch thick using flour. Lay carefully on the hot skillet.
• Dress your pizza on the skillet as you like. 
• Transfer the heated skillet in the preheated oven and bake for 15mins.

The dough stores well in fridge for 3-4 days. 

It is much easier to work with than any store bought dough. I prefer using cast iron skillet for 2 reasons - portion control and it makes the crust perfect crispy. You can achieve the same results on a pizza stone.

Make any night pizza night now:)