Pizza

Name: Pizza
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 10 grams fresh yeast or 7g sachet dried; 1 teaspoons sugar; 375 grams Italian 00 flour, plus extra for dusting; 1 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 3 x 125g balls mozzarella, torn; 1 serving fresh basil, to serve; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 x 400g cans good-quality Italian chopped tomatoes

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Pizzan A mixture of olive oil, sugar, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Frozen Peanut Butter Cup Dessert Pizza (Treatzza Pizza) + VIDEO, Grilled Chicken, Asparagus, and Mushroom Pizza with Blackbird Bakery Pizza Crust, and Homemade Mellow Mushroom Pizza Dough and Copy Cat Mellowterranean Pizza.

Instructions

Mix together the yeast and sugar with 250ml warm water and leave to sit for 10 mins.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

Place half the flour in a table-top mixer with a dough hook, pour in the yeast mixture and beat at medium speed for 10 mins (or mix in a bowl, then knead with oiled hands in the bowl for 5-10 mins).

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

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Blender

Bowl

Leave somewhere warm for 10 more mins, then add the remaining flour and oil. Beat or knead to a dough for a further 5 mins. Put in a well-oiled bowl, cover with a cloth and place somewhere warm to double in size about 1 hrs.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

For the sauce, heat the oil in a pan over a moderate heat.

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Sauce

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the onion and cook for 3 mins, stirring constantly.

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Onion

Add the garlic, 1 tsp sea salt and 1 tsp ground black pepper and cook for 2 mins more.

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Ground Black Pepper

Sea Salt

Garlic

Add the tomatoes and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for a good 20 mins, stirring occasionally.

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Tomato

Once your dough has doubled in size, slap it down on a lightly floured surface and knead for 4 mins until soft but not too elastic. Divide into 6 pieces, roll into balls and leave to rest for 10 mins.

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Dough

Roll

Heat oven to the highest temperature possible (270C fan in the Good Food test kitchen) and place a flat baking sheet in the oven.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

With a well-floured rolling pin, roll out each ball of dough as thinly as possible.

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Dough

Roll

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Remove the baking sheet from the oven, oil or dust with flour, then carefully transfer the dough base onto it.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Base

Cooking Oil

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Spread over some of the tomato sauce (I like to apply it in the quantity that you would spread Marmite on toast, or the base will be soft and fall to bits), then the cheese and any toppings you desire.

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Tomato Sauce

Base

Cheese

Toast

Cook for between 5-10 mins depending on your oven temp, until the base is crisp and the cheese melted. Scatter with basil.

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Cheese

Basil

Base

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Servings:

10grams

fresh yeast or 7g sachet dried 1teaspoons

sugar 375grams

Italian '00' flour, plus extra for dusting 1Tbsp

olive oil, plus extra for greasing 3

x 125g balls mozzarella, torn 1serving

fresh basil, to serve 3Tbsps

olive oil 1

onion, chopped 1

garlic clove, crushed 2

x 400g cans good-quality Italian chopped tomatoes

Recommended wine: Sangiovese, Barbera Wine, Shiraz

Sangiovese, Barbera Wine, and Shiraz are great choices for Pizza. The best wine for pizza depends on the toppings! Red sauce pizza will call for a red wine with some acidity, such as a barberan or sangiovese. Add pepperoni or sausage and you can go bolder with a syrah. The Fantini Sangiovese with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 14 dollars per bottle.