Pizza

Pizza is great fun to make, and homemade is so much nicer!

Ingredients

For the dough:  Make a few hours beforehand or the night before

150g Italian 00 or strong bread flour

Scant half tsp (2g) quick-rise dried yeast

Third of a tsp salt (1g)

Pinch of sugar

1 tsp (3ml) olive oil

90ml tepid water

Method: Weigh the flour into a very large bowl.  Stir in the salt, yeast and the pinch of sugar, olive oil and tepid water.  Stir thoroughly, cover, and leave.  If making the night before and the kitchen is warm, leave in the fridge.

For rolling the dough:

A little semolina

olive oil, to grease the tray

For the topping:

Tomato sauce, made from 75g tomato passata, heated with 1 clove crushed garlic, salt, pepper, basil leaves and 1 dessertspoon olive oil

100g (drained weight – two thirds of a pack) Mozzarella

Large pinch oregano

Your choice of: halved black olives, sliced red pepper, sliced yellow pepper, sweetcorn, mushrooms, sliced red onion

Basil leaves to top the pizza when cooked

Anything else you fancy!

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