Cheese and Tomato Pizza
Hello everyone, today I've been making a Cheese and Tomato Pizza. I love making pizza at home but sometimes my circular shape is a bit off. I don't have the professional technique of twirling the dough around to get a perfect circle. This time I decided to go with a large rectangle as it is easier to roll out. You can absolutely shape this recipe into a circular pizza if you prefer the more traditional shape.
I have a couple of other pizza ideas I'll share on the website in the next months. I'm thinking a deep pan stuffed crust recipe and a simple French bread pizza would be fun recipes to share.
Other Dinner Ideas
I'm working on a number of new dinner recipe for the website including a Chicken Meatball Coconut Curry, Haddock Goujons and Slow Cooked Thai Pork. If you like the sound of this Cheese and Tomato Pizza you can check out all my main meal recipes in the Dinner section of my website including:
- A delicious Indian Curry - Chicken Balti
- A traditional stew - Slow Cooked Beef and Chorizo Stew
- An Italian classic - Spaghetti with Pomodoro Sauce
- A Thai curry - Red Thai Prawn Curry
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Enjoy!
Fiona
Have an Italian night and try making your own pizza at home with my delicious and simple recipe for Cheese and Tomato Pizza
- 155 g bread flour
- 2 tsp dried active yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 90 mg warm water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried sage
- 100 g fresh tomatoes (chopped)
- 200 g chopped tomatoes (canned)
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 pinch black pepper
- 200 g mozarella (sliced)
- 10 cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1/2 onion (diced)
- 1 tsp oregano
Mix the dry ingredients for the pizza dough together in a large mixing bowl
Stir in the olive oil and water and beat with a dough hook on an electric blender for 5 minutes or knead by hand
Cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for one hour while you make the pizza sauce
Place all the ingredients for the pizza sauce in a large saucepan and bring to the boil with the lid on
Simmer the sauce for 30 minutes and then remove the lid and cook for another 30 minutes stirring occasionally - the sauce should be thick but still juicy
Remove the dough from the bowl and wrap in the cling film and refrigerate for one hour
Preheat the oven to 200 oC and roll out the pizza dough into a 12 ” circle or large rectangle
Prick the dough with a fork, this stops air bubbles forming in the dough as it cooks and bake in the oven for 8 minutes
Remove from the oven and top with the pizza sauce, if you have any leftover sauce it can easily be frozen
Top with the sliced mozzarella, onion, cherry tomatoes and oregano
Bake in the oven for another 10 minutes or until the toppings are golden