How about making your own pizza from scratch, rather than spending £20! Here's how to do it with using basic ingredients which are cupboard staples, plus whatever you have floating around as toppings! This could include chopped ham, onion, red and green peppers, salami, mushroom, pineapple, olives, anchovies, prawns...really, there are no rules.Ingredients
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoon dried yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 Tablespoons oil
5-6 cups flour
Method
- Combine water and yeast in a large bowl and stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the sugar, salt, and oil, then add half of the flour and mix.
- Add remaining flour and knead until smooth (about 5 minutes).
- Cover with a clean kitchen towel and put in a warm place to rise for about half an hour.
- Punch the dough down and split into 2-3 pieces, depending on how big you want your pizzas and how thick you like your crusts. Press onto a greased baking sheet or pizza pan until the dough is about 1 cm thick.
- Thinly spread your favorite tomato based sauce, sprinkle on mozzarella or grated cheddar cheese, add toppings, and bake at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.
