HomeMade Pizza

In our house, Friday Night is Pizza Night.  

Below is my personal recipe for Home Made Pizza. My girls make their own, and we all have fun in the kitchen together.

It is one of our favourite family activites

Pizza Dough:
1 package of bread yeast
1/2 tsp of sugar
125ml warm water
225gr. white flour
1 pinch of Salt
2 tbls of Olive Oil

Mix the Yeast and Sugar and add the warm water in a small bowl.  Let stand for 10 mins until bubbles appear on the surface.  Mix the dry ingredients in a larger bowl and make a well in the middle.  Add the oil and year.  Knead by hand  until you get a firm ball of dough.  Knead for another 10mins on a lightly floured surface.  Leave in a slightly oiled bowl, cover and let stand for 30mins, or until the dough has doubled in size.  Knead it again, and roll it out onto your pizza dish.

TIP: Brush the surface of the rolled out pizza dough with a little olive oil so that the tomatoe sauce does not make the dough soggy in the oven.

Pizza Sauce:
3 cloves of Garlic, minced
1/4 onion, finely chopped
1 tbls of olive oil
1 small tomatoe, finely chopped
1 Tbls of Tomato concentrate
1/4 cup of canned Tomato purée
Salt/Pepper
1 Tbls of Basil
1 Tbls of Oregano

Heat the Olive oil in a small saucepan, add the Garlic and Onion and fry until soft.  add the tomato, concentrate and purée. Add the Salt/Pepper, Basil and Oregano.  Let simmer for 10 mins.  Spread over the oiled pizza dough.


Pizza Toppings:

These are some of my favourite pizza toppings - and Yes!  I do put them all at once on One Pizza. 
fried onions and garlic

• fried mushrooms
• canned artichokes
• canned corn
• asparagus
• roasted red peppers
• tomato slices
• bacon + chicken chunks OR shrimp  (pre-cooked)
• dry oregano
• fresh basil
• grated mozzarella
• grated emmental
• grated cheddar

Depending on how many toppings you've put on, the time in the oven will be different.  But I normally do about 20-25mins at 220ºC (or until the mound of cheese is will melted and starting to brown).

Enjoy!