First Time making Homemade pizza. HELP!

uberzoldat

I also have cheese-less pizzas and like to bung plenty of fresh veg on there to bulk it up, as well as some tinned pineapple and sweetcorn as well. If there's plenty of toppings cheese doesn't even matter that much as it would spoil the lovely flavours.

AJFan

What about sun-dried tomatoes,red onion, pine nuts and capers, yummy!!!

meritaten

if its just cows cheese you dont want - there are plenty of alternatives
goats cheese - but some dairy allergics cant tolerate it.
ewes cheese - nearly all dairy allergics can tolerate this and its widely available in supermarkets
buffalo cheese (mozzarella - to my surprise my highly allergic son showed no reaction to this)
otherwise pizza needs more tomato sauce and my sons favourite toppings were - ham, sweetcorn, mushrooms, red, orange and yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes (I know the base is tomato but he still liked them) pepperami chopped up small - not all at once! but in combination!

suzywoozy_3

We use soya mozzarella on ours but only a little, but my vegan friend (who doesn't use fake cheese) says that if you drizzle a little bit of oil over the toppings it stops them from drying out too much.

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing pizza thread to keep ideas together

boredjellybean

I make a calzone for my sil who can't have cheese, make a dough in the bread maker (using olive oil not butter) then roll out into a sort of circle add any topping (usually a spag bol type mix) then fold over & pinch edges & bake for 15min

BJB

maggiecon

I have been making homemade pizzas in my BM.

But I am having some problems, I was hoping someone could help me with.

Firstly the recipe I am using the pizza dough is really hard to shape. everytime I roll it out it rolls back in again, if this makes sense. so it takes me ages to shape. Is this normal.

Then there is the toppings. I bought some large packets of sliced pepperoni and salami in lidl but they dont taste as nice as the ones in our local pizza parlour. can anyone recommend a good pepperoni to use?

Finally the tomato topping. This also doesn't tastes very nice. I used the tesco finest passatta. can anyone recommend any others. I would also like to try a BBQ tomato sauce instead, has anyone done this?

Sorry for all the questoins but the kids love pizzas and I would like to try and make a nice one.

bitsandpieces

When making my own pizza, I don't worry too much about a tidy shape. You can just make a fairly rectangular base and it will taste as good even if the edges aren't quite even. Can you roll the dough to the right thickness?

For the tomato, a home made sauce is probably nicer than passata (and cheaper and easier). Something like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/traditionalneapolita_70565 You can make a lot and freeze batches.

Nice meat for toppings depends on taste - can you try a few varieties? As you're cooking the meats, fattier cold meat might be tastier.

adelight

That's what the dough is always like, or so i find as well.
As for the peppperoni, i usually use lidl's chorizo finely diced but that is a bit of a different flavour.
Tomato topping I use a tin of chopped toms(reduce down on the hob for a bit to make it thicker/smoother), lidl's flavoured tin toms are really good for this as they do garlic & onion, herb and chilli flavours.

redfraggle_2

I agree about shape of base, the best ones are 'rustic'

as for tomato sauce, I would add some ready made bbq sauce in, will give it more taste if nothing else