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This is a Ward family favourite, always a hit. The Pizza base is from the old Red Centre Pizza Cookbook, and is really light and fresh tasting. You can either roll out the dough to make four individual smaller pizzas or two big rectangular pizzas to cover two trays completely. With a personal twist to the topping, it can cater for all tastes. The tomato base makes a good start for a fabulous pizza to come.

Pizza dough serves 4

1 tsp organic raw sugar
7 grams instant dried yeast
¼ cup water, warm
1 tsp himalayan rock salt, fine
1 tbsp olive oil
½ cup water, warm, extra
1 ½ cup organic unbleached white bakers flour

Combine sugar, warm water and yeast in a mixing bowl, cover. Stand in a warm place for about 10 min or until frothy and foamy. Add salt, oil and extra water to the yeast mixture, combine. Add the flour and mix to soft dough. If the dough sticks to the sides of the bowl, add a little more flour. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 mins. Place dough in lightly oiled bowl, cover. Stand in a warm place for about 45 mins or until dough has doubled in size. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Roll out thinly and place on baking paper covered oven trays.

Tomato base (for two batches of pizza dough)

1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 can crushed tomato 400g
½ glass bottle of tomato paste
2 tbsp organic oregano
2 tbsp organic basil
1 tbsp organic thyme

Brown the onion in a small saucepan. Add the garlic, and tomato puree, stir until well combined. Add remaining ingredients, stir until well combined. Gently boil for about 20 mins. Turn off the heat and use a hand mixer to make a smooth sauce for the pizza base.

Pizza topping suggestions:

Chicken and Banana (Our family favourite, try it)

Cold sliced chicken/oven cooked chicken, finely cut
Red capsicum, finely cut
1 ripe banana, cut into thin medallions
A drizzle of BBQ sauce if it takes your fancy
Mozzarella cheese

Beef and Béarnaise (pizza Swedish style)

Thinly sliced beef (freshly cooked for the gourmand, cold cut from the deli for others)
Caramelised onion
Cooked potato, thinly sliced
Béarnaise sauce (home made for the gourmand, ready made from glass jar for others)
Mozzarella Cheese

Tuna and Mushroom

Tuna, canned or freshly cooked
Mushrooms, thinly sliced
Spanish onion, thinly sliced
Mozzarella cheese

Spread tomato base on pizza base then add your favourite toppings, followed by a nice handful of shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake in 200-220C oven about 10 mins. Buon Apentito!

This recipe was kindly shared by team goodness family member, Emily Ward.