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Pizza

  • serves 2
  • prep 1 day
  • 240°C
  • gm 7
  • cook 15 mins
Cast-iron
Challenging
Italian

Overview

This can be a little bit of a longer-make up-front, but once the dough is made it can be refrigerated, which makes it quick and easy to make fresh pizza for dinner. You can usually get a few days worth of dinners if it's just 1 or 2 of you eating.

Ingredients

Sauce

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • 1 can chopped tomatoes

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 tsp sugar

  • 1 tsp balsamic vinegar

  • ¾ tsp salt

  • ground black pepper

Base

  • 1 tbsp yeast

  • 1 tbsp sugar

  • 1 ½ cups warm water

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 - 2 ½ cups strong flour + extra for side

Toppings

  • salt

  • pepper

  • sausage

  • onion

  • mushrooms

  • cheese

Method

Sauce

  1. Combine garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper; puree until desired consistency.

Dough

  1. In a mixing bowl, add the yeast and sugar to lukewarm water.

    Leave for 10 mins until it bubbles!

  2. Add olive oil, salt and flour and combine into a dough.

  3. On a flour dusted surface, knead the dough until it is easy to handle, and bounces back when pressed with a thumb.

  4. Cover dough with a damp cloth and for around 1 to 4 hours to double in size.

  5. Portion out into 6 even pieces and roll into balls.

  6. Use immediately or store dough balls in a lightly oiled container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Cooking: Thin-crust pizza

  1. If necessary warm dough balls to room temp by leaving them out of the fridge for 30 mins.

  2. Turn oven up to highest temperature (220°C+) and pre-heat large baking tray.

  3. Turn oven up to highest temperature (220°C+) and pre-heat large baking tray.

  4. Add sauce, cheese and toppings (pre-cooked sausage, caramelised onions, sliced mushroom, salt and pepper).

  5. Place pizza onto pre-heated baking tray and cook in the oven for 10-15 mins.

Cooking: Deep-pan pizza

  1. If necessary warm dough balls to room temp by leaving them out of the fridge for 30 mins.

  2. Turn oven up to highest temperature (220°C+).

  3. Dust side and hands, take dough ball and begin to make a depression in the middle. Stretch and rotate the dough ball to create a larger circle.

  4. Add your pizza dough to an oiled cast-iron skillet.

  5. Put skillet onto the hob on a touch above medium temperature, whilst the pizza is cooking spread your sauce, cheese and toppings. At this point you may be able to lift the pizza slightly to check for browning on the bottom.

  6. Once you have a nice crisp base you can put the skillet into the pre-heated oven for 5 to 10 minutes; just enough time for your cheese to melt and toppings to cook.