Once you taste this homemade pizza you will never again eat a store bought one. This is an easy recipe and you can freeze the dough! My kids love cold pizza in their lunch box but are not very adventurous in their choice of toppings so it’s either ham and pineapple or Marguerita for us! However feel free to use your favourite topping, just make sure you use mozzarella cheese to get that authentic look.

Pizza Base

• 500 grams /4 cups strong bread flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 sachets dried yeast 7 grams/1 ½ teaspoons
• ½ tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 325 millilitres/ 12 fluid ounces lukewarm water

Add all your ingredients to your mixer attached with a dough hook and mix for five minutes. Cover your bowl with cling film and place in a warm room until it has doubled in size. When ready to use place the dough on a floured board and knead it to “knock back” the dough. You can use it immediately or, keep it wrapped in cling film in the fridge or freezer until needed. If using immediately, this amount of dough will make three good sized discs.  Roll out to the size of your tray. I use parchment paper underneath to prevent it sticking but you can just grease the tray if you like. Add with your favourite toppings and cook at 200C/400F for 10-15 minutes until the edges are golden

My simple pizza sauce

• 1 400grams/14ounces can of chopped tomatoes or 1 jar of smooth passata
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes. Allow to cool before putting on your pizza base. This sauce will keep in the fridge for three days.

• Garlic Bread – this amount makes 2 servings – use one and freeze one!
• One of your freshly made pizza bases
• 1 clove of garlic finely chopped or crushed
• 55grams /4 tablespoons butter softened
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 1 teaspoon freshly chopped parsley or ½ teaspoon dried parsley if liked

Add all the ingredients together and mix. Cook your pizza base at 200C/400F without any topping for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and spread half the garlic butter over the top. Return to the oven and cook for a further 3-5 minutes until the edges turn golden. You can add grated parmesan cheese before serving if desired. Roll the remainder of the garlic butter in parchment/waxed paper and freeze until needed.