Can i make HM pizza without yeast?

sparklewing

was looking at the pizza thread i have plain flour, salt sugar in the house but no yeast and absolutely no money to buy any can i make a pizza base without yeast?

Rave

The base will just come out like a fajita wrap if there's no yeast in it I reckon- I don't think it'll be very nice under a pizza. Tescos do 8 sachets of yeast for about 70p- have a root around down the back of the sofa maybe?

se999

You can do a pizza scone base, recipe here

http://www.recipelink.com/mf/0/13909

foreverskint

Try a grated potatoe Rosti type base?

#Beg some yeast from a neighbour?

Go to tescos bakery, they give fresh yeast out for free!!

squeaky

There's a recipe for Lazy Pizza in the Old Style Recipe Collection that uses SR flour and works well

purplegirluk1

You used to be able to ask for free yeast from the instore bakery in any supermarkets, I am not sure if this is the case now though, can anyone confirm this?

squeaky

Yep. Confirmed. People have often spoken of Tescos and my local Asda does too.

myrnahaz

My sister uses plain yoghurt in her pizza base - just this and plain flour, as far as I can remember, maybe salt? She certainly doesn't use yeast, and I'm almost certain that she doesn't add fat, either. I remember that the dough was very stiff and that she used her hands to push it to fit the pizza tin. I'll find out more and get back to you.

Curry_Queen

How about making a flat bread as a pizza base? Just plain flour, baking powder, olive oil and water! ... and a pinch of salt!

Not sure exact quantites really matter as Lesley Waters just just chucked it all in a bowl and mixed it up on Ready Steady Cook last night :rotfl:

Or how about my naan bread recipe on the curry page, which is yeastless and would make a superb pizza base if you rolled it out in one big circle

Curry_Queen

myrnahaz wrote:

My sister uses plain yoghurt in her pizza base - just this and plain flour, as far as I can remember, maybe salt? She certainly doesn't use yeast, and I'm almost certain that she doesn't add fat, either. I remember that the dough was very stiff and that she used her hands to push it to fit the pizza tin. I'll find out more and get back to you.

My naan bread recipe uses yoghurt instead of yeast too

raeble

I have to admit I never heard of using yeast in a pizza base until I started reading this site. I always made my pizza bases with flour, salt, water and a spot of oil. I rolled it out to the required thickness. I never had a problem with it, of course it did mean cooking it in moderate oven to ensure the base cooked.