Let's have a bit of easy night time Pizza...

[D4MJT]

Right, no time for naughty burgers, so let's sort a quick pizza or two.

First, you want 500g of plain flour, boosh:



Then, lash that in a bowl, with some dried yeast (fresh if you can), some salt, a tbsp of sugar, and a drizzle

of olive oil:



Then, you want 300ml of liquid. I go for 250ml of warm water to help the yeast react, and 50ml of milk:



Get that stuck in and mix it into a dough. It will be a bit tacky, as per the picture. Don't add more flour

or your dough will get heavy, bear with it:



That's your dough sorted, pop it in an oiled bowl, and leave it to rise for an hour somewhere warm!

Then, roll it out, and make your pizza bases:



In a pan, melt some butter, then lightly fry a few cloves of garlic:



This is for the tomato sauce, once the garlic starts to brown, deglaze the pan with some balsamic vinegar:



Ideally at this point you'd have some passata to add for the sauce, but I've used it all, so I've blended some

tinned tomatoes:



With the tomato / passata added, the sauce can cook through and thicken:



Lash the sauce onto your pizza bases:



Now is a good time to worry about toppings, I've got some sliced beef, a chicken fillet and some pepperoni in

the fridge, so I'm going to 'garlic' the chicken. Chop it into small pieces that will cook easily:



Again, cook the chicken in some crushed garlic and melted butter, mmmm:



Add your toppings of choice, I've gone with garlic chicken, pepperoni, sliced beef and capers (you could rock out with anchovies, tuna, smoked sausage, bacon, peppers, veg, etc):



Add your cheese, I went for a little Red Leicester and some Mozzarella, and apply liberally:



Next lash them in a pre-heated oven (250C) for 10 mins, boosh:





Nice mind.

Like I say, it's very simple. You could go for less pizza action and rock up a stuffed crust with cheese, or herbs, or garlic etc, you can add different toppings, but the real genius is the base. If you get those proportions right and bear with it, it can rise in the fridge all day, ready to cook when you get home, it can be made whenever, it's a really simple base for you to add your own tomato sauce and toppings too.

Anyhoot, give it a whirl!

[D4MJT]

Johnniem said:

For a slight alternative why not try a Pissaladiere. It's a Provencale pizza with caramelised onion, garlic, a lattice of strips of anchovies and in each corner of each lattice section place half (or a whole) pitted black olive (google images is your friend!). Can be eaten hot or cold and does not involve any other ingredients (no tomato sauce puree at all. When I make this pizza I tend to make the dough as normal but add a teaspoon of herbes de provence.

The onion benefits from a small splash of balsamic vinegar part way through the sweating process (this needs around 35 - 45 mins on a very low heat with the lid on) and you should need around 1 kg of onions for a 9" x 13" flat pan with upturned sides. It is a melt in the mouth experience with a strong taste loved by all (except those who hate anchovies!). In short, it is a taste sensation!

Edited by Johnniem on Wednesday 23 April 15:35

Awesome! I'll have to try that out!

Thanks for the suggestions other posters also, I'll have another shot at this tomorrow night I think!