Pizza Night!

The “dough” adventures continue relentlessly!

Homemade special pizza in a big baking tray for hungry families. For the dough you will need:

-        4 cups of plain flour

-        ½ cup of olive oil

-        1 cup of tepid water

-        1 sachet dry yeast

-        1 teaspoon sea salt

-        2 teaspoons sugar

Put the flour in a big bowl, sprinkle with the salt and make a well in the middle. Pour in there the water, the sugar the yeast and the olive oil. Mix with the flour and kneed until the dough doesn’t stick to your hands. Cover the bowl and let it rest for one hour. If you want to speed the things up, put the bowl in a preheated oven at 50C until the dough doubles in size. After that, take it off the oven and raise the temperature at 200C.

Meanwhile make the sauce:

In a small pot put 3 to 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 200gr of tomato passata, 1 teaspoon of dried oregano and one teaspoon of dried basil (if you use fresh leaves take 3 or 4, thinly cut). Put it to the boil, add a teaspoon of sea salt and  some chili pepper if you like it hot. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.

When your dough is ready, put it in a baking tray and press with your fingers to make it expand until the brim of the tray. Pour over the sauce, add some ham, top with grated cheese (I use edam), and slices of bacon, mushrooms and peppers.

Put your tray at the second shelf from the bottom of your oven and bake for 20 minutes or until the dough at the edges takes that beautiful golden brown colour. Enjoy!