Fabulous Pizza, courtesy of The River Cottage Family Cookbook.
Dough:
500g strong white flour
2 tsp salt
1 sachet dry yeast (fast-action)
2 Tbsp olive oil + more for greasing the bowl
2 tsp honey or sugar
300 ml (approx) of warm water
how:
- Tip the flour, yeast and salt into a big mixing bowl and stir.
- Spoon olive oil and sugar/honey into a mixing jug and top up with warm water to just over 300 ml. Stir well to dissolve the sugar/honey.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and slowly pour in the oily water.
- Mix and then knead until as soft and elastic as a baby's bottom.
- Wash out the mixing bowl and brush with olive oil.
- Place the dough inside and cover with clingwrap. Leave in a warm place for a couple of hours until it has at least doubled in size.
Sauce:
tin of chopped tomatoes
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 clove of garlic, crushed or finely chopped
1 tsp sugar
how:
- Tip the tomatoes into a pan with the olive oil and garlic and sugar, adn cook over a medium to high heat, letting the tomatoes bubble furiously until the liquid has more or less evaporated. Don't forget to stir everyonce in a while to stop the sauce sticking.
Putting it all together:
- When you are ready to make the pizza, get all your toppings ready and punch down the dough in the bowl.
- Pre-heat the oven to HOT.
- Tip out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and rollor press out into desired shape.
- Place onto an oiled baking tray and smooth over the tomato sauce.
- Scatter over your choice of toppings:
- Sprinkle over a little sea salt and pepper. You can also add dried herbs at this point if you like. Finally, drizzle over a very little olive oil.
- Bake in a hot oven until golden and bubbling and the crust has browned in places.
- Slice and eat immediately!!!]
