Very simple Margherita pizza

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• carolj

  05 April 2012

  carolj commented on this recipe

  Just made this for when my kids come in from school starving, it was really easy but looks very impressive and smells delish!!!

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• carolj

  05 April 2012

  carolj commented on this recipe

  ps forgot to say didnt have a suitable tin so used a silicone flan case, worked a treat and came out easily!!! used dried basil as no fresh

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• beryl

  11 April 2012

  beryl commented on this recipe

  I made this today & it was really easy & very tasty...

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• AugustusPeabody

  17 April 2012

  AugustusPeabody commented on this recipe

  Looks great but a first glance tells me it might benefit from a good glug of olive oil in the dough. Say 25ml oil and reduce the water by this amount.

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• Yulia.Pilova

  27 April 2012

  Yulia.Pilova rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just excellent. Easy, tasty and a great pleasure to cook.

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• Dadoosh

  17 May 2012

  Dadoosh rated and commented on this recipe

  

  really good turned out fab

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• Kirstie

  26 May 2012

  Kirstie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very good - my 8 year old daughter made the tikka pizza alternative largely by herself and it was very tasty. Servings were quite generous. The base rolled out a lot easier than my normal pizza dough as well.

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• Clare

  04 August 2012

  Clare rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great flavour considering how few ingredients there are. I used a larger tray to get a thinner base and it worked perfectly. My children loved making it and eating it!

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• Cookie

  21 September 2012

  Cookie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great. Very quick to make. No stress. Followed AugustusPeabody's advice and mixed 25ml oil with the warm water. Will be making often.

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• Soraya

  25 September 2012

  Soraya rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is only the 2nd time I've ever made a pizza (1st time was a disaster) and it was remarkably quick and easy. I doubled the ingredients and made a bigger pizza to feed four. Such simple ingredients but so delicious. This is definitely going to be served up again and again in our household - perfect for the kids when they come in from school starving.

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• Grace Emma

  26 September 2012

  Grace Emma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Super easy and tastes delicious! You can just make the base and put whatever toppings suit you, not too thick or thin base, just right. Slightly golden after cooked, just perfect, better than any shop brought pizza! Definitely would reccomend this, best recipe i've tried so far :-) xxx

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• Dory

  06 October 2012

  Dory rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This tasted great but the base was not fantastic. When I made it the 2nd time I tried the suggestion of swapping some of the water for oil which definitely improved it but not enough. A different pizza recipe I tried many times (from this site) is even better tasting and the base is much more pleasant but the tomato, cheese et al doesn't stick to it and it just slides off! That recipe uses strong bread flour. Considering going half and half on plain white and strong bread flour to see if I can find a good equilibrium!

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• Suzanne

  05 January 2013

  Suzanne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used this recipe for myself and two daughters (6 and 5) to do because it was basic, easy and I like them to learn about the food they eat etc. However, it turned out really tasty and has now become a low cost regular meal. Brilliant.

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• Nanz99

  27 February 2013

  Nanz99 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this last night!! It was awesome, so easy, and really took no time at all!!! ended up making 3 pizzas with different toppings, chickent tikka and bacon and pepper. Als omade my own tomato paste! What a treat. I might make it again tonight :-) Officially my favourite pizza base recipe. So light too!(oh i didnt have white plain flour, so i used white self raising flour. made no difference!) Hubby loved the pizzas!

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Ingredients

• olive oil , for the tray
• 200g plain flour
• 7g packet easy-blend dried yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 125ml warm water
• 85ml passata
• 100g mozzarella , half grated, half chopped
• 2 tbsp grated Parmesan or vegetarian alternative
• small bunch basil , half chopped, half left whole
• side salad , to serve

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Serves 2

Easily doubled

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 20 mins

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Ingredients

• olive oil , for the tray
• 200g plain flour
• 7g packet easy-blend dried yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 125ml warm water
• 85ml passata
• 100g mozzarella , half grated, half chopped
• 2 tbsp grated Parmesan or vegetarian alternative
• small bunch basil , half chopped, half left whole
• side salad , to serve

PER SERVING

577 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 77g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, sugar 6g, salt 1.8 g

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