How do you prepare a pizza at home?

Answer 1

• You roll it out into a shape of your choice (unless already rolled out), spread with tomato puree or (drained) tinned tomatoes.

• Add toppings (cheese is good on Pizza), then just bake in an oven for about 10 minutes or until the base is light brown and the cheese is melted.

• Eat and enjoy! :)

Answer 2

There are several good pizza crusts you can buy or you can make your own. But the basic method is to spread the crust on a pan, brush tomato sauce over the pizza, spread your chosen ingredients over the sauce and then top with cheese. Bake at high heat for about 20 minutes.

An easy crust recipe is 1 and 1/2 cup of flour, 1 tsp yeast, , 1 tsp sugar, 1/2 cup warm water, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tsp salt. Mix the yeast, sugar and water and make sure it bubbles up in about 5 minutes. Then mix the yeast and water mixture with all the other ingredients until combined and then knead the dough for about 10 minutes. Let the dough rise for about an hour. Punch down the dough and shape it on the baking pan. Then top and bake as described above.

Answer 3

Makes 1 large or 4 individual

Preparation 15 minutes (plus standing time)

1 cup warm water

8g sachet dried yeast

1 teaspoon caster sugar

2½ cups plain flour

1 teaspoon salt

1. In a small jug, combine water, yeast and sugar. Stand in a warm place 10 minutes until mixture is frothy.

2. Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Blend in yeast mixture to form a soft, sticky dough. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 5-10 minutes until smooth and elastic.

3. Place dough in a large oiled bowl. Cover with a plastic wrap. Leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour until dough doubles in size. Knock down dough to remove air. Knead into a smooth ball. Continue as required.

Top tip: when leaving the dough to rise in a warm place, make sure it is not too hot or it will kill the yeast - so don't put the bowl on a hot plate or in the oven. Also, an environment that is too cold will retard the growth of the yeast.

Answer 4

Go for whole wheat dough, spread thin and keep the tomato sauce. See source for more info.