A undemanding recipe for cheese and tomato pizza. To begin with we provide a recipe for making the dough – an important aspect of the whole dish. Then we show you how to make a tasty topping.
Pizza Dough Ingredients:
- Salt 1tsp
- 120ml – warm water
- 1tbsp – olive oil
- White Flour 225g
- 1tsp – yeast (the fast action type if possible)
- 1/2tsp – sugar
Pizza Topping Ingredients:
- 125g – Buffalo mozzarella
- 4tbsp – Tomato Sauce
- 1tsp – dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Preparing 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 more 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 in the region of 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 about double its original size.
7) Spend a further minute or two kneading the dough.
Stretch out your dough in the shape of 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 your oven to 220 degrees Celcius. Spread the tomato sauce evenly over the pizza base. Now scatter the mozzarella around the pizza evenly and sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Place on the top shelf of the oven and cook for more or less fifteen minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the base is crispy. If required add your own choice of extra toppings. Remember to ensure any meat used has been previously cooked. Then return to the oven for a further four-7 minutes.
Feel free to add ingredients to the topping, e.g. meat, vegetables or fish.
