Pizza is my favorite meal to make for others, it's my go to dish if I've never cooked for them before. It's their reactions as the meal starts as flour then ends up as a delicious pizza in less than an hour is what does it for me. This recipe is a real bare bones recipe, you can add extras like yeast, salt and olive oil for taste if you like.
Ingredients:
- Flour 250g - Sold in packs of 1.5kg for 55p
- Water 2 - 10 TSB
- Tomato Puree - 2 TSB - 200g is also 55p
- Mozzarella Cheese - 50g - Sold in packs of 125g for 50p
- Optional Extras
- Ham
- Peppers
- Chicken
- Sausage
- Egg
- Onion
- Mushroom
- You know how it goes, whatever you want.
To start preheat the oven at 200'c and put the flour in a large mixing bowl.
Start adding the water a tablespoon at a time. You want to make a good stretchy dough but this can take time. I find its best to just keep mixing the flour and the water slowly until you get a good consistency dough.
You can use your hands or a spoon if you like. If you're feeling really lazy through all the ingredients in a blender. It still works.
When you have your dough you're going to have to kneed it for a few minutes, this is working the dough. It helps make it more manageable and into the shape you want.
When the dough is stretchy start tearing off pieces about the size of the palm of your hand. Dust a working surface with flour. Then you'll want to flatten them into pizza bases with a rolling pin.
If you're feeling dangerous or you want to impress someone now is the time to start throwing the pizza in the air.
Make the pizza base no more than half a centimeter thick and start using the bottom of a spoon to spread out the tomato puree. Then grate the cheese on top.
Now its time for all your optional extras that make the pizza yours. If you're using egg I crack it open raw and place it in the centre of the pizza.
Throw the pizza in the oven until the crust goes slightly brown and the cheese is golden. Then serve!
