Easy Homemade Pizza

This is a straightforward recipe to follow! Make this delicious homemade pizza from scratch. Ideal to get the children involved in making pizzas, give them a selection of toppings - so they can build their own!

Prep time: 30 minutes / Cooking time: 10-12 minutes

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS:

• 200g self-raising flour

• 200g Greek yoghurt

• 2 tbsp oil

• ½ onion, finely diced

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 400g tin of chopped tomatoes or tomato passata

• ½ tsp Italian herbs, basil, or oregano

• 120g grated cheese

• Topping: sliced peppers, mushrooms, sweetcorn

• Salt and pepper

METHOD:

1. Start by making the tomato sauce for the base: add oil to frying pan, add onion & cook on low heat until soft, add the garlic & cook for a couple of minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, herbs & seasoning & cook on low heat for 12-15 mins. Taste, if it is too sharp add a pinch of sugar.

2. For the dough: Put flour, yoghurt and a pinch of salt in a bowl and mix together with a fork.

3. When the dough comes together, sprinkle some flour on your work surface and put the dough on it. Start kneading the dough, adding flour as needed to prevent the dough from being too sticky. Knead for 10 minutes.

4. Grease a round 30 cm tin and spread the dough to the edges. If you do not have a round tin use whatever oven tray you have available as long as it is big enough to spread the dough.

5. Build your pizza: spread tomato sauce on the base, sprinkle the cheese and add the toppings.

6. Cook at 220-240°C for 10-12 min. You need to make sure you cook it in a very hot oven, otherwise the bottom of the base will not cook enough & you will end up with a soft pizza. Once cooked, cut into slices & serve. A side salad would go lovely with it.

TIPS:

✔ The basic tomato sauce in this recipe is very versatile, double or triple the amount when you make it. It freezes very well and defrosts quickly. It is a lovely sauce to make a quick pasta dish or you can add some chunks of cooked sausages and will be lovely on top of a jacket potato. Roast some veg, mix them with the tomato sauce and serve them with some rice, yummy too.

✔ If your family likes different toppings, divide the dough in 3-4 and make smaller pizzas you different toppings to suit everyone’s tastes. Just remember that smaller pizzas will cook quicker.

✔ You can add any toppings you like, different veg, pineapple, olives, bits of bacon, ham, sliced sausages…have fun with it.

Cook along with the video….

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