Pizza

Ingredients

Pizza Base

• Tipo 00 flour: 1 cup + 1 tablespoon

• All purpose flour: 1 cup + 1 tablespoon

• Dry yeast: 2g (~ 1/4 teaspoon)

• Salt: 4g (1 teaspoon)

• Olive oil: 1 teaspoon 

Toppings

• Tomato base (I like to use a passata)

• Sausage meat or salami

• Cheese (e.g., mozarella)

• Vegetables (sliced capsicum, onions or mushrooms)

• Any other toppings that you like (e.g,. chilli, basil leaves)

Method

1. Combine both types of flour and salt.

2. Combine 1 cup lukewarm water with the yeast and olive oil. Mix into the flour with a chopstick (much easier to clean if you use a chopstick instead of a wooden spoon)

3. Knead until the dough is well combined, typically about 3 minutes. Rest for 15 minutes, then knead rested dough for 3 minutes. (Alternatively, if you have a stand mixer, you can knead the dough for several minutes until smooth and soft. The dough should be slightly sticky)

4. Cut into two equal pieces and form into a ball. Place on lightly floured surface and cover with a damp cloth. Rest for 3 - 4 hours. 

5. Pre-heat the oven to as high as it will go (we use ~300C fan forced at home).

6. Use flour to dust the workbench. Roll out into pizza base (~0.3 cm think). Using your fingers, create a diameter that is 1 cm away from the edge of the pizza for the crust.

7. Top with a tomato base, meat, vegetables (such as capsicum or mushroom) and any other topics. 

8. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes depending on the temperature of your oven. If you have a pizza oven, at higher temperatures you may be able to cook the pizza in 5 minutes or less. Experiment with your oven to determine how to get the base crispy, crust browned and the top bubbling.