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Pizza

Prep time 30 mins to 1 hour
Cook time 30 mins to 1 hour
Serves 6
Dietary Vegetarian
by Graham Kerr

A great supper dish or for Saturday lunch when you have a bit more time on your hands.

Method


  1. Place the flour in a bowl. Make a well in the centre, add the yeast mixed to a paste with water, olive oil, salt, pepper, egg and hot water. Mix together until it resembles chewing gum.

  2. Knead on a floured surface for about 3 minutes until the dough no longer sticks to your hands.

  3. Shape the dough into a ball, cover with a bowl and allow to stand for 30 minutes.

  4. Oil a baking sheet and preheat oven to 250C/500F/Gas 9.

  5. Knead again. Pick up dough, flatten with your fingers into a large round.

  6. Place dough on baking sheet. With oiled fingers, spread it out to form a 30cm/12in diameter round. The edge should be thicker than the centre.

  7. Spread with tomatoes. Sprinkle with capers, slices of mozzarella cheese, black olive halves, oregano leaves and garlic. Season with pepper, sprinkle with oil and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 225g/8oz all purpose flour
  • 15g/¼oz compressed yeast
  • freshly ground salt
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • 60ml/2fl oz hot water

For the garnish

  • 2 x 793g/1lb 12oz cans plum tomatoes,strained or 1.4kg/3lb fresh plum tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped roughly
  • 5 slices of mozzarella cheese, cut in rounds
  • 10 black olives halves, pitted
  • 2 tsp capers
  • 1 small clove garlic, peeled and chopped roughly
  • 1 sprig oregano
  • olive oil, to dampen

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