Ingredients:
For the dough:
350ml warm water (made from ½ boiling and ½ cold)
1 tbsp dried yeast
1 tsp caster sugar
600g strong white strong flour, plus extra for dusting
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
½ tsp fine sea salt
For the topping:
300g passata (smooth Italian tomato sauce)
350g mozzarella, torn into bite sized pieces
120g chopped chorizo or equivalent weight in chopped ham
50g Parmesan cheese, grated
Procedures:
1. Measure the water into a jug and sprinkle over the yeast and sugar. Stir well and set aside for 10 minutes, after which time a little beer-like head will have begun to form on the surface.
2. Weigh the flour into a bowl and stir though the salt. Make a well in the middle and pour in the olive oil and the yeasty water. Use a metal spoon to stir and bring the dough roughly together then tip onto the work surface. Using a pushing and pulling action with the heel of your hands knead the dough for about 8 minutes until it is smooth and stretchy. Kids will love helping with this. When its ready, put into a clean, lightly oiled bowl and cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
3. Tip the dough onto a lightly floured worktop and cut into 4 pieces. Roll each piece to a rough circle of about 5 mm thick and lay each on a baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Top each pizza by spreading out 2 or 3 tablespoons of passata in a thin layer. Sprinkle over the mozzarella and chorizo and scatter over the Parmesan. Bake each pizza in a hot oven for about 12 minutes until the crust is crisp and the cheese melted and bubbling.
4. For a vegetarian pizza, don't use Parmesan and swap the chorizo/ham for sliced red peppers or halved cherry tomatoes, or for a super nutritious version, crack whole eggs into a well in the centre of the pizza.
5. Serves 4
Yay thanks for this recipe! I love Spanish chorizo. Does your pizza dough recipe yield a chewy or a crispy crust?
ReplyDeleteIt's rare to find chorizo in pizza but I think it's really tasty. For vegetarian pizza, we don't consider adding eggs because egg is still a dairy product.
ReplyDeleteI will try this receipt, i love pizza and now i will become the pizza man . I hope i won't go wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'm now officially craving for pizza!! looky yummy.
ReplyDeleteI love the texture of chorizo! I haven't tried it on pizza but I think it will taste great :)
ReplyDeleteI like Spanish Chorizo and having it in a Pizza is even better with the melted cheese in the Pizza.
ReplyDeleteThank you for recipe! Would love to try this at home!
ReplyDeletewow thanks for recipe
ReplyDeletemaybe i will try this on my home
Hey keep posting such good and meaningful articles.
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