Pizza d’Etna – Dough

By: Lucy Romano • In: Appetizers, Pizza • Cuisine: Italian

This recipe is for the dough used to make the Pizza d’Etna rolls (Sloppy Joe and Pepperoni with Mozzarella). You can find the individual recipes for the fillings here:

Sloppy Joe Filling

Pepperoni and Mozzarella Filling

Ingredients

  • 6 Eggs
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 1 cake Baker’s Yeast
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Water (warm)
  • 3 lbs Flour (approximately 10 cups)
  • 2 or 3 Egg Yolks (well beaten)

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: 

Dissolve yeast in 2 cups of warm water.

Step 2:

In a large bowl cream the eggs, sugar salt and Crisco. Add yeast solution and blend.

Step 3:

Incorporate flour a little at a time until dough forms a ball without sticking to the side of the bowl.

Step 4:

Divide dough into balls the size of a small orange. Place into a bowl, cover and allow to rise for one hour.

Step 5:

On a floured board, roll out dough into thin rectangular sheets. Place filling (see below) on sheet of dough and roll over in jelly roll fashion. Brush with egg yolk, make 2 cuts on top of each loaf with a sharp knife and bake in oven at 350º until dark golden brown.

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