Sicilian Pizza Recipe

Sicilian Pizza or as traditionally called Sfincione, is a thick crust pizza topped with tomato, onion, breadcrumbs, and sometimes hard cheese. Here is how to make it.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 1

Total Time: 1 10

Servings: people

Calories: 743kcal

Author: Neha Mathur

Sicilian Pizza or as traditionally called Sfincione, is a thick crust pizza topped with tomato, onion, breadcrumbs, and sometimes hard cheese. Here is how to make it.

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US Customary - Metric

Ingredients

For the dough

3 cups All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
1 cup Water

For the topping

1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Garlic Minced
¼ cup Pizza Sauce
½ cup Mushroom Sliced
½ cup Chicken Boiled and Shredded
½ cup Green Bell Pepper Sliced
¼ cup Parmesan Grated
¼ cup Breadcrumbs
300 g Fresh Mozzarella Sliced
Salt & Pepper
8-10 Basil Leaves

Instructions

For the pizza dough

Add all the ingredients in the bowl of the stand mixer.
Mix until combined.
Knead the dough on medium speed for 3-4 minutes.
Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and keep in a warm place for 2 hours or until the dough doubles in size.

Assembling the pizza

Pre heat the oven to 500 Degrees F (260 Degrees C)
Mix minced garlic with olive oil.
Brush a 9x13 inch baking sheet with olive oil generously.
Transfer the pizza dough on the baking sheet.
Stretch the dough onto the baking sheet evenly.
Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil mixed with minced garlic all over the dough and brush it all over.
Cover the baking sheet and keep it aside for the dough to rise for 30 minutes.
Remove the cover and top the dough with pizza sauce.
Top with mushroom, chicken, bell pepper, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, mozzarella, salt and pepper.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown.
Remove the tray from the oven .
Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Cut into slices and serve hot.

Notes

Traditional Sicilian thick crust pizza doesn’t use mozzarella cheese but the US version has it.

You can go ahead and top it with pepperoni, mushroom, onion slices or any other topping of your choice. Just don't call it traditional then :)

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