Tomato Pie

INGREDIENTS
Chopped Onions
Oregano
Salt & Pepper
Crushed Tomatoes
Dough either homemade, uncooked from a pizzeria or frozen from supermarket

This is the same version of homemade pizza, except you do not add the meat/cheese for those who are allergic, intolerant, calorie conscious, vegetarian, etc. etc.  My aunts typically made it like this, quite frankly, I like it better, one thing I cannot tolerate is too much cheese of any kind smothering the pizza where you cannot taste the tomatoes or dough, or herbs/vegetables.  The Italians believe in subtle hints of all flavors in all their foods, not domination of any single one, except maybe when they are a little heavy on the garlic.

Get a pound of dough, this will make 2 small to medium pizzas, depending on how well you stretch the dough out, how think you make it, etc.  You can get the dough frozen in the supermarket, or at a pizzeria, you can expect to pay about $2-3 for 2 lbs. of dough.  (I use House of Pasta of Nutley, NJ frozen dough which is about $2 for 2-1lb. pieces of dough).  Defrost the dough by rubbing it lightly with oil, place in a glass bowl, allow to rise (after a few hours) punch it down, allow to rise again, lightly flour it so it does not stick to your hands, stretch out and place in lightly oiled pans.  Add tomato sauce, onions, salt, pepper, oregano, basil leaves, vegetables, etc.   Cook in a 450-500F oven for 15-20  minutes.

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