National Pizza Day 🍕

February 9th is National Pizza day, and to celebrate I thought I'd share how to make your own pizza!

[image consists of text reading 'happy pizza day' and a heart shaped pizza]

Pizza Recipe:

What you'll need:

• Large bowl
• Spoon to mix
• Cling film or tea towel
• Flat, clean work surface
• Rolling pin
• Knife (to divide the dough)
• Pizza tray (for each pizza you make)
• Pizza toppings of your choice

Ingredients for the dough:

• 500g strong white bread flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp golden caster sugar
• 7g dried yeast
• 325ml warm water

Need to convert the measurements? Use this (https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/cooking/grams-cups.php)

Method:

🍕 STEP 1

Mix together the flour and yeast. Then add the sugar and salt, and mix again.

🍕 STEP 2

Make a well in the dry mixture and add ⅔ of the warm water. (make a 'bowl' shape in the flour that's large enough to hold the water). Mix until it starts to form a dough, adding the rest of the water slowly.

• Note - you may not need to use all of the water as you do not want the dough to become too wet and sticky. You also may need to add more water if the dough is too dry and crumbly.
• Tip - if you accidentally use too much water and it is sticky, sprinkle in some more flour and mix until less sticky.

🍕 STEP 3

Sprinkle some flour on a work surface and tip out your dough. Knead for 5-10 minutes until it forms a soft, elastic dough. It should be soft and spring back when lightly touched.

🍕 STEP 4

Place in a clean bowl, lightly sprinkle some flour over the dough and cover (with either cling film or a tea towel). Leave in a warm place for 15 minutes.

• If you're making the dough in advance, you can also leave the dough to rise in the fridge until needed.

🍕 STEP 5

Divide the dough evenly into 3 or 4 pieces.

🍕 STEP 6

Take one of the pieces of dough and roll out on a flat surface (dusted lightly with flour so it doesn't stick). Roll the dough to your preferred thickness - I usually aim for 5mm thick. Roll each of the pieces out.

🍕 STEP 7

Cover and leave to rest for 15-30 minutes. You could use this time to prepare any toppings you want to add later.

🍕 STEP 8

Heat oven to 200°C

🍕 STEP 9

Add your toppings, then place in the oven for 7-8 minutes. The dough should be golden when finished, if you need you can leave it in the oven for a few minutes longer, but make sure to check regularly so that it doesn't burn.

🍕 STEP 10 (the best step)

Serve and eat! 😋

[image consists of pizza slices with different toppings]

✨ What's your favourite pizza topping?

✨ Thick or thin crust?

✨ Have you ever made your own pizza before?

🌟 Tell us how it goes if you bake your own! 🌟

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