Easy Homemade Pizza 4 25
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Recipe
1. In a large mixing bowl, mix the yeast, salt and sugar with
a wooden spoon. Make a well in the ingredients and pour in
the olive oil and 400ml of warm water.
Pizza by Heather Barnes is licensed under CC BY 3.0. 2. Slowly add the flour whilst mixing to bring to a smooth,
wet dough.
Ingredients 3. Now, cover the bowl with cling film, and allow to rest at
room temperature until dough rises.
For the dough For the toppings 4. To make the sauce, mix the chopped tomatoes and dried
• 1 can chopped tomatoes thyme together in a bowl or jug.
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• Pinch of dried thyme 5. Heat the oven to 240°C/fan 220°C.
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 mozzarella balls 6. Place the round pizza pans in the oven to get hot.
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Any choice of topping, such 7. Divide the dough into quarters. Stretch one-quarter of the
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin
as peppers, mushrooms, pizza dough into a large circle by holding it up in front of
olive oil
pepperoni, ham or even you and turning the dough clockwise, grabbing quickly with
• 500g plain flour pineapple! one hand after another or by tossing the dough. If this is too
hard, you can roll it instead.
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8. Place the dough on parchment paper. Repeat this three more Easy Homemade Pizzas
times until you have four round pizza bases.
9. Remove the pans from the oven and transfer the dough
to the pan. 11. Add all of the toppings that you’ve chosen to the pizzas. Add the
mozzarella cheese last over the toppings.
10. Using a spoon, spread evenly a quarter of the sauce onto
each of the bases. 12. Bake the pizzas for 6-8 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow
to cool for 2 minutes before cutting.
kcal fat sat fats carbs sugars fibre protein
Nutrition Value per Serving
738 19.7g 7.4g 104.1g 6.9g 4.4g 25.4g
Fun Facts
• Yeast is a type of microorganism, that is part of the fungal • Tomatoes are a great source of vitamin C which is great for
kingdom. It produces carbon dioxide which helps the dough to rise growing cells in tissues. As well as keep healthy skin.
in the pizza. It is also used in bread and winemaking!
• Mozzarella cheese contains lots of vitamin D, helping to keep
• Yeast contains vitamin B2. This helps keep skin, eyes and the bones, teeth and muscles healthy.
nervous system healthy.
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