Fridays are always a wonderful day to have family and friends gatherings. Today we were only the family because of quarantine season. When we gather for a special ocasion at home everyone involucrates. Pizzas are always the most economical and easy meal to prepare when sharing with a big group.

We are 9 people at home and we end up cooking 5 trays of pizzas. One of my boys prepare the tomato sauce, my oldest boy helped me stretching the dough, the children decorated the pizzas, my husband washes the dishes, the other children help with the rest. I am going to prepare the dough and of course I tell everyone what to do and how to do it. I enjoy teaching my family how to cook the family recipes because one day they have to do it without my help.

Ingredients for the dough:

1.5 kilo of plain flour
100 grams of butter
30 grams of yeast
2 cups of water
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 extra cup of water

Preparation of dough:

In a small pan add the 2 cups of water and the 2 tablespoon of sugar and warm at a temperature of 37°C
add the yeast and leave untill it grows
place the 1.3 kilos of flour in a big bowl
keep 200 grams of flour to knead the dough
add the butter and salt to the flour
work the butter with your fingers
add the yeast and start mixing the ingredients with your hands
add more water if necesary
care not to add too much water
the dough must not be sticky
place the dough in the same bowl and cover with a wet cloth
wait untill it doubles its size
divide it in four parts if you want a sicilian pizza (thick mass)
I divided in 5 parts to make pizza thin and crispy