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On this page, a genuine pizza base, and 7 delicious toppings bound to impress
Dough
Ingredients
 | 4 cups flour |
| 1 X 7g sachet dried yeast |
| 2 tspns salt |
| 1 tspn sugar |
| 1 1/4 cups water (mixture of half boiling and half cold) |
| 1 tblsn extra-virgin olive oil |
Method
| Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in the centre |
| Combine water and oil, pour into well then mix with a wooden spoon until almost combined. Use hands to mix unto a soft dough |
| Turn out onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes. |
| Place in a lightly greased bowl, brush top with a little warm water, cover with cling wrap and set aside in a warm place for about 35 minutes, until doubled in size. |
| On a floured board, punch down dough and knead for a minute. |
| Divide dough into halves, roll each out to 16cm by 32 cm rectangles, about 4mm thick. |
| Put bases on trays ready for toppings |
Topping Option 1 - Pumpkin and Fetta
Ingredients
| 100g each of Grated mozzarella, grated parmesan, crumbled Fetta |
| 4 cups grated pumpkin |
| 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley |
| 1 teaspn minced garlic |
| 2 pizza bases as above |
| A lemon |
Method
| Preheat oven to 200 deg C |
| Mix three cheeses |
| In a separate bowl, mix pumpkin, parsley and garlic, season with sea salt |
| Spread cheese mixture over bases, then top with pumpkin mixture. |
| Drizzle over some oil |
| Cook for 10 minutes or until golden. |
| Serve with lemon wedges |
Other Topping Options
| 2 cups of mixed Herbs and 500g Mozzarella, with lemon zest and garlic |
| Blend 6 roasted and peeled red capsicums, 3 garlic cloves, a little red wine vinegar and 1/2 cup almond meal. Spread capsicum paste on bases, top with 1/3 cup pitted kalamata olives, 2 tblspns baby capers, mozzarella. |
| 6 zucchini finely sliced with lemon zest and mint over grated mozzarella and topped with chopped Buffalino |
| Sprinkle bases with 250 grated mozzarella, then with 4 cups blanched and drained broccoli florets. Top with 125 crumbled gorgonzola, drizzle with oil and season with salt. |
| Spread satay sauce (buy a good quality one) over a pizza base. Poach a chicken breast fillet, cut into chunks and place over sauce. Add broccoli, snow peas, raw cashews, chilli sauce. Bake, but take care not to over cook. |
| Fry a sliced red onion in a little oil with two finely sliced cloves of garlic. Add sliced csabi or salami, then sliced capsicum, then sliced mushrooms, stirring for a while after each addition. Spread tomoto paste generously over a pizza base, top with fried mixture, taking care to leave as much oil behind in the pan as possible. Arrange sliced artichokes, halved pitted Kalamata olives, semi-dried tomatoes on top. Add shredded fresh basil and a few anchovies (optional). Sprinkle with mozz cheese and a sprinkle of grated parmesan. (Dave and Anne Special) |
Pizza Party for 12
Entree: Dips, vegies, chips
Pizzas: Roasted Capsicum(1), Pumpkin(1), Satay Chicken (1), Dave and Anne Special (3)
Salads, garlic bread.
Dessert: Chocolate sauce and/or Maltesers crushed on icecream
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