Fool- Proof Pizza Dough

Here is a great recipe for when you are going to have some friends over and you want to make a quick and easy meal. Homemade pizza is a great answer! You usually have all the ingredients you need at home and concerning the topping you can place pretty much anything you have in the house.

Ingredients:

Makes one large baking tray

 For the Dough
- 4 1/2 cups of plain flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 sachets of ready-to-use yeast
- 9 tbsp olive oil
- Luekwarm water (enough to knead the dough)

For the tomato sauce base
- One tin of tomato passata
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
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STEPS:

- Sift the flour into a mixing bowl, add the salt and the yeast.

-Mix in the olive oil with a spoon

-Slowly add the lukewarm water until you have a sticky dough

- Allow dough to rise for 1 hour or so (the dough should double in size)

- Preheat oven to 200 C

- Take your tray and grease it thoroughly with olive oil

- Then with your hands place the dough in the tray, making sure it reaches all the corners

 

 

- Then make the tomato base by mixing all the above ingredients and place onto the pizza base

- Then you can add any topping you like. My favourites are goat's cheese, fresh basil & of course mozarella for the top. Also try porcini mushrooms & prosciutto.

- Bake in the oven for 40 mins