I love pizza and homemade pizza is just the best. I can’t stand really bland pizzas with hardly any tomato, herbs or cheese. So homemade is the way to go! The base of this pizza is a Lorraine Pascale recipe but I have had fun creating the toppings and tomato sauce. It tasted delicious! I would say it serves two people for dinner (with salad) with enough left for lunch the next day!
Recipe (makes one large pizza)
- 300g strong bread flour
- 7g sachet of dried yeast
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- 175ml warm water (I use half boiled and half cold)
- For the sauce: 200ml passata, 2-3 crushed garlic cloves, small handful chopped mint and coriander, 1 shallot, salt and pepper, large squeeze of tomato purée
- Toppings: 70g torn cured beef, 50g grated parmesan cheese, 50g grated cheddar cheese, 200g mascarpone cheese, salt and pepper, drizzle of oil
Method
- Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Try to put the yeast and salt on opposite sides to start with, so the salt does not kill the yeast.
- Make a well in the centre of the mix and add the oil and water. Gradually work this in with your hand until a ball is formed.
- Once in a ball, knead for 8 minutes by hand on a floured surface. Roll out and place on a pizza tray. Cover with oiled cling film and place in the fridge until ready.
- Prepare the sauce by frying the garlic and diced shallot in a small pan. Add the tomato purée and Passata and simmer for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the chopped herbs. Spread all over the pizza, leaving a rim for the crust.
- Add the torn beef and finally all the cheese. Blob the mascarpone on. Finally drizzle some olive oil on and add salt and pepper over the top.
- Bake 15-20 mins 200 degrees Celsius in a preheated oven.
Pizza is definitely a treat food but it really isn’t that unhealthy if you make it from scratch! If you wanted to be even healthier you could make pizza without cheese.
Follow my blog on twitter @sophlaetitia