Easy Base For Pizza Recipe

Being able to cook from scratch and feed your family from base ingredients is such a handy skill to have. Thus I thought this Easy Base For Pizza Recipe would be a useful one to have in your staple recipe portfolio. Or is it just me that has a base of favourite recipes from store cupboard essentials?

But if you can cook, you can always feed your family. However it’s not about being the best cook, it’s about being willing to have a go. As a non cook who has learnt to love cooking, I promise once you start to achieve results, you will start to love creating great food.

How To Make A Base For Pizza?

What You Will Need For Your Base For Pizza Recipe

• 450 g strong bread flour
• 1.5 tsp instant yeast
• 1,5 tsp salt
• 1.5 tbsp olive oil plus extra for drizzling
• 300 ml warm water

Method

• Pre heat the oven to 240°c
• Put the flour into a bowl and stir in the yeast and salt.
• Pour in the warm water and the olive oil and bring together with a wooden spoon until you have a soft, fairly wet dough.
• Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead for at least 5 mins until smooth. Cover with a tea towel and put to one side.
• You can leave the dough to rise if you like, but it’s not necessary for a thin crust pizza.
• For the sauce: Mix passata, basil and crushed garlic together, and season to taste. Leave to stand while you get on with preparing the base.
• For an alternative try a bbq sauce base with cheese and chicken.
• Split the dough into 4 portions and roll out on a floured surface to fit a tray or pizza crisper.
• Spread sauce topping and sprinkle with cheese and then add toppings of choice.
• Cook for between 10 and 15 minutes, until the base is golden and crispy.

Printable Pizza Base Recipe