Pizza
Get the kids to help make these, and have some fun in the Kitchen!
INGREDIENTS:
Dough ingredients:
- 1 T active yeast
- ½ t sugar
- 1 c warm water
- 1 t salt
- 3/4 c high grade white flour
- 3/4 c wholemeal flour
- 1 T oil
Or your can buy pizza bases using a 30 cm diameter commercial pizza base or four bases, or pita bread as bases are fantastic.
Pizza ingredients:
- 4t Tomato paste
- 1 c grated tasty cheese or Mozzarella cheese
- 1 diced medium onion
Topping options:
- 1 c diced ham
- 1 c drained canned unsweetened chopped pineapple
- 1 c cooked shredded chicken
- 1/2 400g can kernel sweet corn or cooked frozen corn
- 1 c Mushrooms
METHOD:
- Pre heat oven to 220°c
- Combine yeast, sugar and water in a bowl. Set aside a warm place for 15 minutes until frothy.
- Combine salt and flour in a large bowl. Add yeast mixture and oil. Mix until ingredients form soft dough.
- Transfer to a lightly floured surface. Knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Lightly oil a large bowl. Sit dough in bowl and cover with a clean tea towel. Stand in a warm place until dough doubles in size about 45 minutes.
- Lightly grease an oven tray with cooking oil.
- Push fist into middle of dough. Transfer to a lightly floured surface. Knead for one minute then roll your dough into a 30 cm diameter circle.
- Once you have your base place it on the greased oven tray and top with topping of your choice above and bake for 10 minutes in pre heated oven, until golden brown.