Pizza from scratch
Great for social gatherings. Prepare the dough, buy a bunch of toppings, and let your guests design their own.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 4 pieces.
Ingredients
Dough |
250 g
|
flour |
|
10 g
|
yeast |
|
1 tsp
|
salt |
|
1 tsp
|
sugar |
|
2 Tbsp
|
olive oil |
|
150 ml
|
water |
warm |
Pizza base |
100 ml
|
tomato purée |
|
1 tsp
|
oregano |
|
|
tinned apricots |
for something different :) |
Toppings |
All the good stuff you can think of |
4 balls
|
mozerella |
1 per pizza |
250 g
|
mushrooms |
sliced |
1
|
onions |
sliced into rings |
1
|
chicken breast |
fried and sliced (perfect with apricot base) |
100 g
|
ham |
chopped |
1
|
tinned corn |
|
Instructions
Make a yeast starter by dissolving the yeast in warm water, sugar, and a few spoons of flour. Store in a warm place, such as on a radiator for a few minutes, until it starts to activate and grow.
Combine the remaining flour, salt, and oil in a bowl.
Pour in the yeast starter and knead well until it is a damp, glossy ball of dough.
Cover with a teatowel and return to its warm happy place for 20-30 mins.
Once the dough has doubled in size, split it into four balls. Each will make one pizza, and can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen if necessary.
For a "regular" tomato sauce, mix oregano and tomato puré in a cup, with a spot of ketchup.
For something a little more interesting (especially if you like offending the food purists), you can make a great apricot base by draining the liquid out of a tin of apricots and blending them directly in the can with a stab-mixer. Trust me on this one. ;)
Preheat oven to 180°C, without fan.
Take a ball of dough, and flatten it into a disc.
Sprinkle coarse flour over a flat, clean surface.
Roll as flat as possible with a rolling pin (or an empty wine bottle), periodically sprinkling more flour and flipping to prevent sticking.
Place baking paper on a baking tray.
Transfer pizza base onto the paper.
Apply a thin layer of sauce onto the base.
Add all the delicious toppings you like.
Bake for about 20 mins, or until it looks ready.