How to Make 5 Cheese Pizza
When it comes to pizza toppings, it’s hard to beat the classic combination of cheese and mushrooms. But why settle for just four cheeses when you can have five? Our 5 Cheese Pizza with Porcini Mushrooms takes this winning combination to the next level, featuring a blend of five delicious cheeses that will have you reaching for another slice.
But what sets our pizza apart is not just the cheese. We take pride in our freshly homemade pizza base, which is made from scratch using the finest ingredients. Our dough is hand-kneaded and left to rise slowly, resulting in a crust that is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.
So if you’re a fan of cheese and mushrooms, or just love a good pizza, be sure to try our 5 Cheese Pizza with Porcini Mushrooms. With its homemade crust and decadent toppings, it’s sure to become a new favorite in your household.
Watch 5 Cheese Pizza video recipe:
5 Cheese Pizza with Porcini Mushrooms | Cheese Pizza
Vincenzo’s Top Tips To Make Cheese Pizza
Make sure it doesn’t spill over
Remember to leave a rim around the dough without ingredients on it and this will create the pizza crust and make sure the cheese doesn’t spill over the side when it is cooking.
Touch the bottom of the pizza
Cooking times may be different in your oven so the best way to check if the pizza is ready is to touch the bottom of it (careful not to burn yourself!)
Cheese Pizza
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Equipment
- Large wooden boar you can also use your kitchen bench
- Pizza tray the best one has holes in the bottom of it which will help the pizza to cook at the bottom
Ingredients
- 90 grams Provolone cheese
- 90 grams Gorgonzola
- 1 Fior di latte Mozzarella, you can also use Buffalo mozzarella or large bocconcini
- 150 grams Fresh ricotta
- A small block of Parmigianno Regianno, or Grana Padano
- A handful of flour
- 2 pinches Dried mixed herbs
- 10 grams Dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in 1 glass of boiled water for at least ten minutes, then strained so that they have no water left in them
- Extra virgin olive oil, EVOO
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 250C degrees.
- Sprinkle a portion of flour over your kitchen bench and spread it using your hands.
- Place your dough on top of the board and using the tips of your fingers press down on it, not too hard, but don’t be shy!
- Press down through the middle and spread the dough out. Once you have formed a circle with lots of bumps in it, turn it over, sprinkle a little more flour on the board and place it back down. You can then spread some flour on top and repeat the process.
- Stretch the dough out slightly using your hands, turn it once again and add a little more flour.
- Then, if you prefer, use a rolling pin and start to stretch the dough out some more. Roll it all the way forward, then bring it all the way back.
- Flip your pizza dough and repeat this process.
- To make these even easier, get your mixing bowl, turn it upside down, pick up your dough with both hands and stretch it over the top of the bowl.
- Now, carefully stretch parts of the pizza dough down using just the palm of your hand and turning the bowl around slightly bit my bit. Or, if you prefer, you could use a rolling pin to stretch the dough out. Rolling it all the way forward, then back.
- Remove the pizza base from the base of the bowl, move it from one hand to another and place it on the tray, flattening it one more time gently with the palm of your hands.
- Cut the provolone, gorgonzola and fior di latte cheeses into small cubes.
- Add the provolone cheese to the pizza base first, then the gorgonzola and fior di latte Mozzarella.
- Scoop up small amounts of the ricotta using a tea spoon and layer them on top of the other cheeses, so that the entire base is covered.
- Grate the block of Parmigianno cheese over the entire pizza.
- Sprinkle some herbs over the cheese pizza also, careful not to use too much.
- Add the porcini mushrooms to the pizza, one at a time, making sure there is AT LEAST one mushroom per slice so no one misses out!
- Drizzle no more than a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil over the pizza.
- Now, put your cheese pizza in the oven which should be nice and hot by now at 250C degrees for ten minutes.
- E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!
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How to serve Cheese Pizza
After cooking your 5 Cheese Pizza with Porcini Mushrooms to perfection, it’s time to serve it up and enjoy. Slice the pizza into portions and arrange it on a large chopping board or individual plates.
To fully experience the pizza’s flavors, it’s best to eat it fresh out of the oven while the cheese is still hot and bubbly. As you take a bite, savor the combination of the five delicious cheeses and the earthy flavor of the porcini mushrooms.
With its crispy crust and decadent toppings, this pizza is sure to be a hit with any pizza lover. So grab a slice (or two) and dig in!
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