Homemade Salami & Veg Pizza
I developed this recipe out of the family's love of pizza. As I wanted cut down of fat, I decided to try out my own ingredients, with the children's help. I started adding toppings that everyone was happy to eat. Once we tasted how delicious the pizzas turned out, we went on from there, trying out different ingredients at a time. We hope you enjoy trying them out and even adding toppings of your choice.
Equipment
- Pizza Pans
- Cheese Grater
- Knife
- Mixing Bowl
- Saucepan
- Rolling Pin
- Measuring Cup kg or Mug
Ingredients
Pizza Sauce
- 2 tin chopped tomatoes
- 2 medium onions
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp bouillon stock powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp curry powder
Base
- 1 kg self raising flour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 700 ml water
Toppings
- 100 g leafy spinach
- 1 packet thinly sliced Salami
- 4 medium carrots
- 2 large bell peppers (colours of your choice)
- 2 Small onions
- 400 g Mature Cheddar Cheese
Instructions
Peparation
- Wash your hands thoroughly and dry with kitchen tissue
- Chop up the onions and bell peppers into small cubes
- Grate the carrots
- Grate the cheese
- Wash spinach and drain well
Preparing The Sauce
- Empty the chopped onions into a clean pan
- Add the chopped, tinned tomatoes and seasonings into the pan
- (Watch out when adding salt as the stock powder contains a substantial amount of salt already).
- Boil the mixture for 15 minutes, into a medium thick sauce
- Keep checking to ensure it doesn’t burn
Preparing The Pizza Base
- Add salt and oil
- Have your cup of cool water ready
- Make a little well in the middle of the flour
- Add water little by little as you work through dough with one hand
- Once everything comes together
- Take it out of the pan, onto a clean worktop
- Knead for at least 5 minutes or until the dough doesn’t stick to your hands anymore
- Make sure you can break the dough apart easily ( It mustn't be elastic and stretchy because the pizza base may turn out tough)
- You can add more flour if the dough feels too soft.
Preparing The Pizza For Oven:
- Preheat the oven on Gas Mark 6
- Roll out the dough on a clean dry worktop
- Place the rolled out dough on the roasting tray
- And trim the edges if need be
- Start by adding the cooked tomato sauce and spread it evenly to cover the base
- Add spinach
- Sprinkle grated carrots
- Lay out the Salami
- Sprinkle the mixture of onions, and bell peppers
- Finally sprinkle the cheese
- Sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper (optional)
- Place in the oven at gas Mark 6
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown
- (Check after 35 minutes to ensure it is not baking too fast as you don’t want to end up with burnt top and raw pizza base)
- Take out the pizza from oven
- Cut and serve with your chosen fresh vegetable salads
- Enjoy