Pizza Dough & Supreme Pizza

Making your own pizza in your own kitchen is fun, easy, healthy and inexpensive.

But the best thing about home made pizza is that it can be anything you want. I tend to just use whatever is leftover in my fridge or pantry. Anyway, here's my basic pizza dough recipe and a Supreme pizza recipe to get you started :)

If you don't have a pizza tray just shape dough on a rectangular baking tray.

Makes a 30cm round or 4 individual pizzas

Preparation: 15 minutes + 30 minutes to prove

Ingredients

1½ cups bread & pizza flour or plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
7g sachet dry yeast
2/3 cup lukewarm water
1 tablespoon olive oil

Method

1. Combine flour and salt in a large mixing bowl; make a well in the centre. Stir yeast into 2/3 cup lukewarm water in a small jug; stir in oil. Pour yeast mixture into flour; stir to make a firm dough.
2. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in a clean, lightly oiled large bowl; cover with plastic food wrap. Keep in a warm draught free place. Let stand for 30 minutes or until dough doubles.
3. Punch down dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 20cm round. Place onto a tray then using fingertips, press dough out to the edge of the tray.
4. Spoon/spread pizza sauce evenly over pizza base. Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated 220⁰C oven, or until bases are light golden.
5. Top pizza bases with toppings of choice and bake for a further 10 minutes or until ingredients are cooked through and bases are crisp and golden.

Notes and Tips

Bread and pizza flour contains higher gluten so it will give your pizza crust a crunchier texture.

Prepare the toppings while the dough rises. Pre-cook any ingredients that you may be putting onto the pizza. Particularly meats that would not be safe to eat raw e.g. beef, sausage, chicken and pork. This is also a good time to cook any tough vegetables.


Supreme Pizza

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 quantity pizza dough (see recipe above)
1x 140g tub pizza sauce or tomato paste
100g button mushrooms, sliced
½ red or green capsicum, thinly sliced
50g ham, diced
½ egg tomato, chopped and deseeded
½ a 225g can pineapple pieces, juice drained
handful of stuffed green olives, chopped
3/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Method

1. Prepare and prove pizza dough as recipe directs
2. Preheat oven to 220⁰C. Shape dough on oiled trays as desired. Spoon/spread pizza sauce evenly over pizza base. Bake for 10 minutes or until bases are light golden.
3. Top pizza bases with remaining ingredients and bake for a further 15 minutes or until ingredients are cooked through and crust is crisp and golden.