General Pizza tips & Quick Questions

squeaky

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carriebradshaw

thanks have bookmarked that I love pizza

sunshine6650

I have been making Homemade pizzas since i saw the recipe on here & on bbc food. They are so much nicer than bought ones now..im really into them..

I do struggle tho as mine are really elasticy & cant seem to get them that thin but hey, adds to the home cooked flavour & im only a newbe to the cooking from scratch lark!!

x

maypole

Shelley 84

Sorry for the late reply, I will post the recipe later. It is just a quick easy pastry base for the pizza, but works really well. It is from one of my old recipe books. It doesn't need yeast.

maypole

Homemade pizza pastry

4 oz self raising flour
4oz plain flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 oz butter
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons water
little oil
1 tablespoon grated parmesan

Sift flours salt and paprika and mix till like breadcrumbs. Mix lemon juice and water and sprinkle over mixture. Mix to a firm dough and chill for 1 hour. Roll out THINLY onto a shallow tray, brush with a little oil and sprinkle on the parmesan.

Add your tomato sauce and toppings bake in a hot oven 230c for 10 mins the reduce heat to 160c and cook for a further 15 mins or until the pastry is crisp and golden.

Don't make the topping too thick or the pastry will go soggy

belfastgirl23

To get it thinner it's worth rolling it out about 15 mins before you need it, then giving it a final roll just before you use it...the dough seems to relax or something while it's sitting there...

Cazzdevil

I've never pre-cooked it before adding the toppings, I just roll the dough out, leave it for half an hour, whack the toppings on, bang it in th'oven and Bob's yer uncle.

mrs-moneypenny

i make my pizza dough in my BM, then i roll it out and put it to rise for about 1/2 hour in a warm oven, then i just bung my toppings on.

hope yours turn out nice however you decide to do them

sandy2_2

I live in rural Spain, and we can't get strong flour for breadmaking, so have to rely on shopping trips to Lidl to stock up on bread mixes.
Today in a local spanish supermarket I came across packets of mix for Pizza bases, will it be possible to make bread with these

djtonyb

My Brownie pack are taking part in the Giant Sleepover this year and we are hoping to order in Pizza for dinner.

how many Pizza's will I need for 22 children and 6 adults????