Domino's Style Pizza: Homemade Dough & Sauce Recipe

Craving that Domino's pizza taste but without the delivery fee and questionable ingredients? This recipe lets you recreate the magic at home, from scratch! We'll guide you through making a truly authentic Domino's-style pizza, starting with a unique dough recipe that focuses on texture and flavor. Our secret weapon? A special flour cleaning technique and a carefully balanced blend of ingredients that create a perfectly chewy and airy crust.Beyond the dough, we'll elevate your pizza experience with a homemade sauce brimming with fresh, vibrant flavors. Forget jarred sauces – this recipe uses a simmered tomato puree, infused with aromatic spices and a touch of sweetness. And the topping? Get ready for a smoky, delicious paneer tikka, prepared with a unique smoking technique that will transform your pizza into a culinary masterpiece. Prepare to impress yourself and your loved ones with this easy-to-follow recipe for a delicious, homemade Domino's-style pizza.

Pros And Cons

Paneer Tikka Pizza
  • Can be made without onion and garlic
  • Uses homemade ingredients
  • Easy pizza sauce recipe included
  • Unique smoky paneer tikka topping
  • Uses a variety of healthy vegetables as toppings

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Pizza Dough Preparation

Creating the perfect pizza dough is the foundation of a delicious pizza. This recipe starts with a unique cleaning method for the flour, ensuring a superior texture.

Ingredients for the pizza dough laid out on a table.
Ingredients for the pizza dough laid out on a table.

The dough ingredients include flour, oyster powder, yeast, salt, sugar, butter, bread improver, milk powder, and olive oil (or ghee/refined oil).

Mixing dry ingredients into the flour.
Mixing dry ingredients into the flour.

Accurate measurements are crucial. The exact quantities of each ingredient are provided in the description box of the associated video.

Adding oil to the dough mixture.
Adding oil to the dough mixture.

Kneading and Fermentation

Thoroughly knead the dough, gradually adding water until a smooth, elastic consistency is achieved. Avoid adding too much water at once to prevent lumps.

Adding water to the dough and starting to knead.
Adding water to the dough and starting to knead.

After initial kneading, incorporate butter and continue kneading for at least 10 minutes to develop the gluten.

Kneading the dough vigorously.
Kneading the dough vigorously.

Allow the dough to rise in a greased bowl for 3-4 hours at room temperature, or longer (8-10 hours) in the refrigerator for a fluffier crust.

Fermented pizza dough after 4 hours.
Fermented pizza dough after 4 hours.

Homemade Pizza Sauce

This recipe uses fresh ingredients to create a vibrant and flavorful pizza sauce.

Ingredients for the homemade pizza sauce.
Ingredients for the homemade pizza sauce.

Cook tomatoes with Kashmiri red chilies until soft, then blend into a puree.

Peeled and pureed tomatoes.
Peeled and pureed tomatoes.

Sauté ginger paste, then add the tomato puree, oregano, red chili flakes, sugar, salt, and soy sauce. Simmer for about 5 minutes.

The finished homemade pizza sauce.
The finished homemade pizza sauce.

Paneer Tikka Topping Preparation

Cut paneer into cubes and marinate in oil, curd, red chili powder, turmeric, and salt.

Cubed paneer ready for marinating.
Cubed paneer ready for marinating.

For smoky flavor, expose marinated paneer to smoke from hot coals with ghee. This adds a distinctive Paneer Tikka taste.

Smoking the paneer over hot coals.
Smoking the paneer over hot coals.

Finally, fry the paneer cubes in ghee until lightly browned. This creates a delicious and unique paneer tikka for the pizza topping.

Fried paneer tikka ready for use as a pizza topping.
Fried paneer tikka ready for use as a pizza topping.

Pizza Assembly and Baking

Roll out the pizza dough on a greased surface and place it in a greased pizza pan or baking sheet.

Rolling out the pizza dough.
Rolling out the pizza dough.

Prick the base with a fork to prevent it from puffing up too much during baking; pre-bake the crust for a few minutes.

Placing the pizza dough in the pizza pan.
Placing the pizza dough in the pizza pan.

Spread the pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, paneer tikka, and your choice of vegetables (sweet corn, capsicum, etc.) on the pre-baked crust.

Adding the cheese to the pizza.
Adding the cheese to the pizza.

Baking and Serving

Bake the pizza in a preheated oven (200°C) for about 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Pizza in the oven during baking.
Pizza in the oven during baking.

Garnish with extra chili flakes and oregano if desired.

Finished baked pizza.
Finished baked pizza.

Serve hot and enjoy your homemade Domino's style pizza!

Sliced pizza ready to serve.
Sliced pizza ready to serve.