Allow time for your yeast to activate. Then knead your dough for a good 10 minutes before allowing it to rise in the warmer drawer. Once it has doubled in size, remove and roll it out.
Homemade Pizza
Equipment
Small bowl
Large bowl
Measuring
cup/spoons
Rolling pin
Oven tray, oiled
Sharp knife and
chopping board
Base Ingredients
(per pair)
Dried yeast, 2
tsp
Lukewarm water, ½
cup
High grade flour,
1 ½ cups
Sugar, 1 tsp
Olive oil, 1 tsp
Salt, 1/2 tsp
Toppings
Tomato paste, 1 Tbsp
Onions, ½, sliced
fine
Garlic, 1 clove,
crushed and chopped
Cheese, Mozzarella,
half cup grated
Plus toppings of
your own choice (meats, sauces, vegetables)
Method
Oven on to 2000C
and warmer drawer on
1.
Mix yeast
with warm water and sugar in a small bowl.
2.
Sieve
the dry ingredients (flour and salt) in a large bowl and make a well in the
middle.
3.
Pour activated
yeast and oil into the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.
4.
Knead
the dough on a clean, floured bench until smooth and elastic (10 minutes solid).
5.
Place
back in an oiled bowl and let rise in the warmer drawer for 20 minutes.
6.
Prepare
the toppings while you wait.
7.
After
20 minutes, remove the dough from the bowl and knock back.
8.
Using
a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to a circular shape.
9.
Place
the pizza dough on the oiled oven tray.
10.
Smear the tomato paste on the base.
11.
Arrange
the toppings and cheese.
12.
Bake
for 15-20 minutes.
13.
Slide
off the oven tray onto a board and slice up.
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