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Pan-Fried Pizza Baos

Ingredients
Dough
* 1 room temp water
* 1 tsp yeast
* 1 tsp sugar
* 450 grams flour
* 1/2 tsp salt
Sauce
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 4 cloves garlic(sliced)
* 3 sprigs basil
* 1/2 onion
* 28 oz crushed tomatoes
* Salt to taste
Bao+Cooking
* Tomato sauce(about 1 tsp)
* Diced pepperoni(2 pieces)
* Full fat low moisture mozzarella cheese(1-2 pieces)
* 3 tbsp olive oil
* 1/4 cup water
* Parmesan cheese(grated)
* Basil(chiffonade)
Instructions
Dough
1. Combine water, yeast and sugar. Whisk together flour and salt. Once you see bubbles created from the yeast, add that to the flour and mix until a shaggy dough comes together.
2. Knead for 10 minutes until smooth. Cover and let rest for 1 hour until doubled in size.
Sauce
1. In a heavy bottom pot heat olive oil on medium low heat. Add garlic and basil and simmer for 5 minutes to infuse the oil making sure not to burn the garlic.
2. Add onion, and crushed tomatoes.
3. Simmer for 30 minutes and season with salt. Let cool down to room temperature.
Bao+Cooking
1. Cut dough in half and roll into a rope. Cut the dough into 20-25 gram pieces. Make sure to use flour so the pieces don’t stick together
2. Flatten and roll the dough into a thin disk. Place a tsp of tomato sauce and your choice of toppings.
3. Arrange baos to a pan with olive oil and turn heat to medium.
4. Once it starts to sizzle add water and cover with a lid.
5. Steam for 8-10 minutes then remove the lid and let the water evaporate to crisp up the bottom.
6. Grate parmesan on top and garnish with basil.