It is a lot of fun to build your own Pizza ! Kids can pick whatever they want, they get to roll-it, load-it, cook-it and finally eat-it !
Very easy recipe, the trick is in the making the well and then kneading with your bare hands. It is better than with the machine and you get a nice soft elastic dough ball. Your hands keep the flour warm and the yeast can start its work better. It is also a great way to forget about work or a stinking headache.
My oldest has been off school today with high temperature and he is not in the mood for anything, except making his own Pizza !
Ingredients :
- 500g White strong Bread Flour “00”
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoon Oliver Oil
- 1/2 Tablespoon Dry active Yeast
- 325 grams or ml or lukewarm water.
How to Make :
- Put flour on work surface or in a large bowl, make a well in the centre.
- Mix Yeast, Sugar and lukewarm water, wait for yeast to disolve a froth.
- Pour water and oil in the flour well and mix with a spoon taking more and more of the flour as you mix. Do this until the mixture has become so thick that you can knead it with your bare hands. Do this on the work surface. It is easier if you put a bit of flour on your hands before so that it does not stick to your fingers. Keep kneading until you get a soft, elastic dough ball.
- Put back in the large bowl, sprinkle a bit of flour, put in the oven (off) for an hour or until it has doubled in size.
- Once it has risen, take out of the oven and roll with a pin. Thin or Thick as you want.
- Cover with a tomato base and all the ingredients you like. It is very nice at this point to add a few dried herbs like Herbes de Provence or Oregano.
- It is also possible to add, spices, to make very original Pizzas.
- Finish with the cheese.
- Put in a pre-heated oven to as high as you can. Something like 220 or even 250. It will go crispy really fast and the toppings will stay juicy.
Take out of the oven, cut the bits on a big wooden plate and eat with your fingers. No cutlery allowed. Enjoy !
