Simple Margherita Pizza

Serves 2  Cooking and prep time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

200 g plain flour

1/4 tsp salt

7 g easy mix dried yeast

1 tsp sugar

125 ml warm water

85 ml passata

50 g grated mozzarella & 50g chopped mozzarella

2 tbp grated parmesan or vegetarian alternative

Small bunch of basil, chopped

Salt and pepper to season

A few whole basil leaves to garnish

Method

1. Preheat the oven to gas 9 / 240C / 220C Fan.
2. Oil a 24cm baking tray.
3. In a large bowl sieve and mix the flour, yeast, 1/4 tsp salt and sugar in a bowl.
4. Slowly stir in the warm water to make a dough.
5. Knead the dough for a few minutes until smooth.
6. Then place on the baking tray.
7. Press the dough flat to take the shape of the tray.
8. Spread passata over the middle of the dough, leaving a 1cm gap around the edge.
9. Season with salt and pepper.
10. top with chopped basil and mozarella, and then the parmesan.
11. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
12. Garnish with a few whole basil leaves.

Top Tips:

Some of the large supermarkets carry parmesan vegetarian alternatives.

Add other topping too to this basic pizza to change the variety.