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PIZZA FUNCTION – Cheese and tomato pizza
Makes 4 pizzas
For the dough (makes sufficient for 4 pizzas)
Ingredient Quantity
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Fine sea salt 1 teaspoon
Sachet of dried yeast 1 x 7g
Golden caster sugar 1 teaspoon
Lukewarm water 325ml
For the tomato sauce (makes sufficient for 4 pizzas)
Ingredient Quantity
Garlic 1 clove
Olive oil 1 tablespoon
Chopped fresh basil 1 small bunch
Tinned plum tomatoes 400g (good quality)
Caster sugar 1 teaspoon
Sea salt
For the topping (sufficient for 4 pizzas)
Ingredient Quantity
Torn mozzarella cheese 2 x 125g balls
Fresh basil leaves
To make the dough
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2. In a jug mix the yeast and sugar with the lukewarm water and leave for a few minutes before
pouring into the well.
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4. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes until you have a smooth, springy soft dough.
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room for about an hour until the dough has doubled in size.
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the dough into 4 balls.
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for another time.
Prepare the tomato sauce
1. Peel and thinly slice the garlic clove.
2. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and gently cook the garlic until it begins
to turn golden.
3. Chop the basil leaves and add to the garlic, along with the tinned tomatoes and caster sugar.
4. Cook over a gentle heat for 20 minutes.
5. Season and set aside to cool.
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store in the fridge for up to a week or the sauce can be frozen).
To make the pizza
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circle, about 5mm in thickness, and place into the pizza baking tray, stretching it to fit to the
edge of the tray.
3. Spread about 6 tablespoons of tomato sauce over the base, and scatter over about 60g of
the torn mozzarella and a few basil leaves (remember to divide the sauce and mozzarella
between the 4 pizzas)
4. Cook using the PIZZA function (this is preset at 230ºC for 10 slices/13 minutes)
5. Allow the oven to warm for 3 minutes and cook the pizza for the remaining 10 minutes or
until the pizzas are golden and crispy.
6. Repeat this process for any additional pizzas you are making, but please note that you will not
need to pre-heat the oven. Instead reduce the cooking time to 10 minutes when you select
the PIZZA function.
You can add your own toppings, but don’t overload the pizza with toppings.
Please note, you can make smaller pizzas in the pizza tray, reduce the quantity of dough and
toppings you are using and adjust the cooking time by selecting less slices – you can choose from
10, 8 or 6 slices depending on the size of pizza you are making.
