Pizza Dough and Sauce
It's so nice to have something to look forward to at the end of the working and school week, and for me and my family, that's my delicious homemade pizza. We love, love, love our Friday night pizza in my house, and my kids actually prefer mine to the local takeaway (winning!!).
A few years ago I decided to experiment with making the bases and the sauce and have settled on these recipes. I prefer to make my own as the store-bought ones have a lot of added salt and preservatives, and I actually find rolling the dough out therapeutic (weird, hey?) and my kids also love seeing me flip the bases up in the air pizza-shop style!!
As a dietitian and mum, I'm pall about encouraging kids to take a greater interest in preparing meals, and making the dough, rolling out the dough, helping make the sauce, and getting the kids to choose their own toppings for their pizzas is a fun way to achieve this.
There are so many options for toppings but here are some of my personal favourites:
1. Lamb, spanish onion, cheese, topped with natural yoghurt and fresh mint when out of the oven
2. Prosciutto, olives, thinly sliced tomato and bocconcini, topped with fresh basil when out of the oven
3. Chorizo sausage, ham, spanish onion, olives, semi-dried tomatoes, bocconcini, topped with fresh basil or rocket when out of the oven
4. Sweet potato, spanish onion, topped with feta cheese, rocket and a drizzle of balsamic glaze when out of the oven.
Enjoy!
Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
400g fresh tomatoes or 400g reduced salt tinned tomatoes
1 clove crushed garlic (or 1 teaspoon minced garlic)
2 Tablespoons chopped basil
1 tablespoon olive oil
Method
Heat oil in saucepan, add garlic and cook until it begins to brown
Add tinned tomatoes for cook for 10 minutes
Remove from heat, add chopped basil
Blend with stick blender until smooth
(suitable to freeze)
Pizza Dough (makes 2 bases)
Ingredients
2½ cups bakers flour
200ml water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1¾ teaspoons yeast
Method
Mix all ingredients in a bowl
Knead on a floured surface until soft
Spray a bowl with cooking spray and place dough in it. Let dough rise for about an hour
Divide in half and roll out into two rounds
(suitable to freeze)