Pizza Express Margherita

Ingredients

• 150ml Water
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 15g Yeast
• 225g Plain Flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• Drizzle Olive Oil
• 80g Passata
• 70g Mozzarella
• Peeled and Sliced Oregano
• Leaves Basil
• Pinch Black Pepper

Quantities are the original recipe’s. The cost is our own estimate — typical own-brand supermarket prices for these quantities, divided by 4 servings. TheMealDB does not state how many a dish serves, so 4 is our assumption, not theirs. Treat it as “about this much a head”, not a shopping bill.

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C.
2. Stir the sugar into the warm water, crumble in the fresh yeast and mix briefly.
3. Leave the mixture somewhere warm for 10 – 15 minutes until a froth forms on top.
4. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl, hollow out a well in the centre, then pour in the yeast liquid and the olive oil.
5. With floured hands, work the mixture together gradually until it forms a dough.
6. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface.
7. Knead for 10 minutes until the dough turns smooth, silky and soft.
8. Set the dough on a lightly oiled non-stick baking tray, shaped as you like.
9. Spread the passata over the base right to the edges.
10. Scatter the mozzarella evenly across the top, sprinkle with oregano and black pepper, then add a light drizzle of olive oil.
11. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until the cheese just starts to colour.
12. Scatter the basil leaves over the pizza before serving.

These steps were written by StreetOwl from the original recipe, in British English, with every oven temperature and cooking time checked against the source. They are not the original author’s words. If anything reads oddly, the original is linked below and it wins.