Ingredients
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
| 1/2 cup | (125 ml) | warmed milk |
| 1/2 cup | (125 ml) | warm water |
| 1/2 tsp | (2 ml) | sugar, approximately |
| 1 tbsp | (15 ml) | active dry yeast |
| 2 cups | (500 ml) | whole wheat flour |
Filling
| 2 tsp | (30 ml) | butter |
| 1 clove | minced garlic | |
| 2 cups | (500 ml) | chopped, sautéed veggies of choice (peppers and mushrooms and spinach and etc.) |
| 1 jar | (approx. 640 ml) | favourite marinara sauce |
| 1/2 cup | (125 ml) | chopped deli or leftover meat (chicken and beef and ham and etc.) |
| 1 1/2-2 cups | (375-500 ml) | mozzarella cheese, grated |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a 12 cup muffin tin with a little bit of melted butter.
- Place milk and water in large bowl; add sugar and stir to dissolve. Sprinkle yeast over top and let stand for about 10 minutes or until frothy.
- Stir in 1¾ cups (375 ml) of the flour until ragged dough forms. Scrape dough onto lightly floured surface and knead dough, adding as much of the remaining flour as necessary to form a soft, slightly sticky dough, about ¼ cup (60 ml).
- Place in a greased bowl and cover. Let stand for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Over medium heat, melt butter in a pan and sauté chopped veggies and garlic until soft and aromatic but still bright in colour.
- Over low heat, add jar of marinara sauce to a saucepan and stir. Add sautéed veggies to sauce, stir and then either blend with an immersion hand blender right in the pot (like I did), or transfer to a blender and blend until veggies are incorporated smoothly into sauce.
- Punch down and roll out risen pizza dough on lightly floured surface into a rectangle shape (approximately a 14-inch [36 cm] square).
- Spread a generous layer of sauce evenly over dough (you’ll have extra), top with meat and then with cheese.
- Carefully roll the pizza dough into a cylinder and gently, with a serrated knife, cut into 12 pizza “rolls”.
- Place into greased muffin tin and bake at 400 degrees F for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden on top.
- Allow to cool and then enjoy alongside your favourite raw veggies and dip! You can freeze leftovers in freezer-safe bags or containers.