How Do You Make Authentic Sicilian Pizza In A Bread Machine (Illustrated)?
Imagine strolling down the narrow streets of Palermo, enjoying the sights and sounds and rich scents of the ancient city. You catch a whiff of fragrant cheeses mingling with aromatic tomato sauce. Bring a taste of Italy to your dinner table with my husband’s Sicilian grandmother’s pizza recipe, updated for use with a bread machine. Gather together your ingredients. This will save you time later. Heat 3/4 cup of water in microwave for 30 seconds. Add 1 tsp of bread yeast to the heated water. (Do not stir it into the water.) Tap the side of the water container with the teaspoon and then set aside. This allows the yeast to bloom. Measure 3 cups of bread flour and add to the bread machine pan. Measure 1 tsp of salt into the bread machine pan. Measure 2 tsp of sugar into the bread machine pan. The sugar feeds the yeast, which makes the bread dough rise. Gently shake the bread machine pan to mix the dry ingredients. Then add the water/yeast mixture. Following the bread machine’s instruction,