Description
This recipe will make 2 thick crust pizzas, 3 medium pizzas or 4 thin crust pizzas.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza bases
- 450g lukewarm water
- 750g bakers flour
- 3 teaspoons yeast
- 1.5 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Base sauce
- See blog for homemade tomato paste or passata which both work well
Toppings
- Use any toppings that you like
- 200g grated cheese, I grate mine in the tmx
Instructions
Bases
- Add the ingredients in this order: yeast, water, oil, flour, salt.
- Blitz on speed 7 for 10 seconds to roughly combine.
- Knead for 6 mins.
- Remove dough and place into a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with cling film and place into a warm spot. I use the front seat of my car or a warmed oven.
- Leave this to rise for approximately an hour or until doubled.
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Line two large square freezer safe containers with baking paper.
- Remove dough from bowl and divide it into desired portions.
- Knock out the air by shaping your dough into desired number of pizza bases. I shape these within the container to ensure I have the right size.
- Place paper and base onto a baking tray and bake for 6 minutes. You are just wanting to par-bake it. This will ensure it doesn’t have a soggy base after cooking. If you are using a very hot pizza stone to cook your pizzas you can skip this step.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Place into the container.
- Top with sauce.
- Cover with toppings and grated cheese.
- Place lid on securely and pop into the freezer.
- Freeze for 3-6 months.
To cook
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Remove frozen pizza from the container and place onto baking trays. You can use a very hot pizza stone if you prefer a crispy crunchy base.
- Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
- Serve.
Notes
- If you don’t have a tmx, you can make pizza dough by kneading the ingredients by hand. Knead until a nice smooth dough has formed.