Pizza Pizzazz
In this lesson, the students learn to make pizza dough from scratch, build their own pizza and learn where pizza originated
Objectives
In this lesson students will be able to:
Know how to make pizza dough
Learn how to keep pizza crust crispy
Learn best temperature to cook pizza
Learn where pizza originated
Bliss Value: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Homemade pizza! Yum!!!
Materials
Pesto from previous class (if available)
Sauce from previous class (or store bought)
Ingredients
Bowls, cutting boards, and baking sheets
Preparation
Print 30 minute pizza recipe
Have all materials ready in kitchen
Procedure
In the opening circle:
Ask students if they know where pizza originated
Pizza was a peasant bread sold on the streets of Naples. Pizza became popular when a pizzaiolo (pizza maker) made a pizza for the queen, Margherita of Savoy. The tomatoes, buffalo cheese and basil on this special pizza represented the colors of the new Italian flag (red, white, green) and later became known as a Margherita pizza.
Form teams of three to make one batch of pizza to be divided to make 3 individual pizzas
Follow the 30 minute pizza recipe
Add precut toppings (preferably from the school garden, home garden or farmers market)
Bake in brick oven or conventional oven or quick freeze to take home to bake
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