the recipe has an optional "pourable" dough in the USDA cook book. the guy who made this smaller volume recipe used that. it flows okay-ish? not great, but well enough, i suppose. gotta let it rest a bit on the pan before you try to spread it out, though, else it's an iron bitch to stretch without tearing.

a decent french or italian bread recipe works well for a crust, too.

tomato paste

Mom used to work for a convenience store chain in the midwest, called casey's general store (made the best pizza i ever had from a franchise). I think that's where she got the idea, though I couldn't swear by it. it's a little tricky to spread, but no worse than the sauce here. gives you a nice, thin layer of tomato. try to resist to urge to eat the tomato paste if you can help it. surprisingly sweet with no sugar added to it, and just a little bit tart (especially since every brand seems to want to add citric acid these days for some reason...)

the recipe has an optional "pourable" dough in the USDA cook book. the guy who made this smaller volume recipe used that. it flows okay-ish? not great, but well enough, i suppose. gotta let it rest a bit on the pan before you try to spread it out, though, else it's an iron bitch to stretch without tearing.

a decent french or italian bread recipe works well for a crust, too.

tomato paste

Mom used to work for a convenience store chain in the midwest, called casey's general store (made the best pizza i ever had from a franchise). I think that's where she got the idea, though I couldn't swear by it. it's a little tricky to spread, but no worse than the sauce here. gives you a nice, thin layer of tomato. try to resist to each the tomato paste if you can help it. surprisingly sweet with no sugar added to it, and just a little bit tart (especially since every brand seems to want to add citric acid these days for some reason...)