How to Bake a Pizza
A uncomplicated recipe for cheese and tomato pizza, whether or not you have your own pizza oven. To start with we provide a recipe for making the dough - fundamental to the total success of the pizza. After that, we give you a recipe for the sauce
For the pizza dough you will need:
- Salt 1tsp
- 120ml - warm water
- 1tbsp - olive oil
- 225g - white flour
- 1tsp - yeast (the fast action type if possible)
- 1/2tsp - sugar
For the pizza topping you will need:
- 125g - Buffalo mozzarella
- 4tbsp - Tomato Sauce
- 1tsp - Oregano Died
- salt, pepper
To Make Your Pizza Dough:
1) Add salt, flour together and blend yeast and sugar. Combine and cread a dough with a central space for adding oil and water.
2) Adding the oil and water, blend together with your hands. Add additional flour and water if necessary.
3) When the dough mixture is more or less firm and no remnants are left on the sides of the mixing bowl, you have finished.
4) Move the dough to a floured surface and continue to knead until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.
5) Allow the dough to raise, this should be in around an hour. It helps to lightly oil a bowl and also the surface of your dough, wrap it in a clean dry cloth and leave in the bowl.
6) The dough will rise to approximately double its previous size.
7) Return the dough to a floured surface and knead for a few more minutes.
8) Stretch out your dough in a circle. Decide how thick or thin you want your pizza base to be.
Place the dough on a non-stick baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Pre-heat the oven to 220 degrees Celcius. Spread your tomato sauce evenly over the pizza base. Now scatter the mozzarella around your pizza evenly and sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano. Drizzle with olive oil. Place on the top shelf of the oven and cook for around 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the base is firm. If required add your own choice of extra toppings. Remember to ensure all meat used has been previously cooked. Then return to the oven for a further 4-seven minutes.
Feel free to add ingredients to the topping, e.g. meat, vegetables or fish.
