Soft white mini pizzas is the recipe I chose a few years ago to celebrate 9 years of blogging. These are super soft and fluffy leavened mini pizzas, perfect to serve for an aperitif, a buffet, or a snack for both adults and kids. Easy to make, once cooked and cooled, you can even freeze them!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 6 Hours
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 10 mini pizzas
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 228.44 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 30.66 (g) of which sugars 0.82 (g)
- Proteins 5.17 (g)
- Fat 9.93 (g) of which saturated 3.61 (g)of which unsaturated 5.08 (g)
- Fibers 1.04 (g)
- Sodium 544.82 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 59 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients to make soft white mini pizzas
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup bread flour
- 7 1/3 oz water
- 1/2 cup lard
- 1 1/4 tsp fresh yeast
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- 3/4 tsp fine salt
- 1 3/4 tsp coarse salt
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp rosemary
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Spoon
- Plastic wrap
- Parchment paper
- Kitchen scale
- Pastry board
- Rolling pin
Preparation
In the bowl, pour water, sugar, and yeast, and mix.
Add the flour and lard and start mixing with the spoon.
When the dough starts to become more compact, place it on the pastry board and knead it for 15 minutes (if needed, use a dough scraper and some flour) until you obtain a compact but not perfectly smooth dough ball.
Place the dough in a bowl covered with plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled (about 3 hours).
Now roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1/4 inch and cut out mini pizzas (I used a 4.7-inch diameter cutter), re-knead the scraps, and roll out until you finish the dough.
Place the soft white mini pizzas to rise on a baking tray lined with parchment paper for about 3 hours (or until doubled).
When the mini pizzas are well risen, take them out of the oven for a moment, preheat it to 428°F, in the meantime season the mini pizzas with coarse salt and rosemary (you can also just use salt) and drizzle with olive oil.
In a well-heated oven, bake and cook for 18 minutes, then take them out and enjoy! They are excellent both hot and cold!
You can enjoy the soft white mini pizzas on their own or filled. For filling, I recommend cold cuts, cheeses, vegetables, and various sauces, you’ll taste the goodness! They are perfect for appetizers in company!
To keep them nice and soft, store them in a paper bag or an airtight container, but since they contain lard, they stay fresh as if they were just made for several days!
