This week's recipe is a little more involved, but it really is one of my favourites.
Total Time: 1hr 15 mins, approx.
Serves: 2 (2 9-inch pizzas)
To Prepare the Dough:
Ingredients:
250g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon yeast
125ml warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for oiling
Step 1: Sift flour and salt into a large bowl, stir in yeast. Gradually stir in water and oil to form a soft dough.
Step 2: Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8-10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Place in an oiled bowl and turn until the full surface is covered. Cover and leave to rise for 45 minutes.
Step 3: Lightly knead the dough and divide into 2 before rolling out.
Toppings:
Ingredients:
Bolognaise Sauce
1 whole chorizo sausage
2 balls of mozzarella
Step 1: Spoon out the sauce onto each base, spreading evenly.
Step 2: Tear pieces off the mozarella balls and place on top of sauce.
Step 3: Slice chorizo and place pieces on top of the cheese.
Step 4: Cook in an oven on a baking tray or pizza tray, pre-heated to 200 degrees centigrade, for 10-15 minutes, or until fully cooked.
There you go! Of course, changing the toppings up is one of the best things about making pizza. Chorizo is one of my favourite toppings, though. I recommend getting a proper round pizza tray for cooking. Use a pizza cutter to slice, or do it the proper Italian way and just eat the pizza straight off the plate with a knife and fork.
Jul 1, 2011
Real Men Can Cook: Pizza
Paul Anthony Shortt believes in magic and monsters. In ghosts and fairies. The creatures that lurk under the bed and inside the closet. The things that live in the dark, and the heroes who stand against them. Above all, he believes that stories have the power to change the world, and the most important stories are the ones which show that monsters can be beaten.
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That looks awesomely easy and yum! I'm sooo surprising my husband with this at the weekend :) I'll have to make 2, replace the flour with rice flour and cheese with soya mozzerella for me because I'm kinda food-cursed. But I want him to be able to enjoy the real thing :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI "followed" you over here from Roni's blog.
ReplyDeleteNice ta meet ya, Paul!
Aislinn: Let me know how it turns out!
ReplyDeleteMatthew: Nice to meet you too.
Yum yum yum! I'm starving now!
ReplyDeleteMmm, like chorizo too - and pepperoni - and spicy chicken - and peppers - and, well, anything really (except olives)!
ReplyDeleteMust dig out my daughter's pizza recipe for you, she used to make a great pizza.
Wow! That's really from scratch! I'm impressed. And hungry.
ReplyDeleteTalli: You won't be if you try the recipe. It's pretty filling.
ReplyDeletePaula: Excellent. The more recipes, the better.
Lisa: The only tricky part is cleaning the dough off your hands :-p