What is Pizza?
Pizza is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients, which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
How To Make Pizza In South Africa
Homemade pizza
Preparation Time: 25min
Cook Time: 10min
Serves: 4-6
Tasty and fast to make
Ingredients
Dough
5ml teaspoon sugar
1 packet instant dry yeast
10ml teaspoons of salt
353ml cup of warm water
705ml cups of cake flour
Pizza topping
200g cheese
1 handful of basil
2 medium sliced tomatoes
200g bacon bits
100g tomato-based pasta sauce
2 medium sliced avocados
Method
Combine dry ingredients and open a hole in the center
In small measures, add water in the center and combine, making a dough
Knead the dough with the back of your hand until it you have a round firm ball
If your dough is too wet, keep adding flour, a tablespoon at a time (do the same with water if it is too dry)
Take the dough out and divide it into two equal portions and roll it out on a floured surface, roll until your dough is about 1 – 1 ½ cm high
Your dough does not need to rest, you can work with it instantly
Preheat your oven, set to 270⁰, and put in the oven pan for at least 10 mins
Put the dough in the hot oven pan
Smear the pasta sauce on the dough
Top with the tomatoes, bacon, and cheese and put in an oven
Bake for 10 mins, take your pizza out and garnish with the basil and avocado