SIMPLE PIZZA BASE

Simple pizza base image

Create your own pizza base and top it with your favourite ingredients. This wet dough mix needs the proving time to work, so leave it overnight in a cool place if you can

Provided by Lulu Grimes

Time 6h30m

Yield Makes 2 large or 4 individual pizzas

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

600g strong white bread flour, plus plenty for rolling
½ tsp dried yeast
2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
semolina, for dusting

Steps:

Put the flour, yeast and 1 tsp salt into a large bowl. Stir in 500ml of slightly warm water and the oil. You should end up with a wettish dough that is rough and lumpy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, cover with a tea towel and if your kitchen is cool keep it out, but if it's warm put it in the bottom of the fridge. Leave dough to rise for at least 6 hrs or until doubled in size.
When ready to cook, bring the dough to room temperature. Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Dust 2-4 baking sheets with semolina. Dust the work surface with flour, then divide the dough into 2 or 4 pieces. Knead each piece on the floured surface, incorporating enough flour to stop the dough being sticky.
Roll each piece into a pizza shape and lift onto baking sheets. Leave to rise for 10 mins while you sort toppings (see ideas, below). Top the bases with your chosen ingredients, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and bake following the timings for each topping (18 mins for a large pizza or 12 mins for an individual) or until the crust is crisp and the topping is bubbling.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1192 calories, Fat 16 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 241 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 10 grams fiber, Protein 37 grams protein, Sodium 2.52 milligram of sodium