Pizza Dough Recipe

Well Valentine's month is coming to a close, so we can stop with all this lovey-dovey nonsense and get back to normal! We thought we'd wrap up this series with one last romantic activity though: making pizza together. This messy activity is bound to get sparks - and flour - flying. So grab some yeast, roll up your sleeves, and bid February farewell with some fabulous food-making.

Our very own dough-maker hard at work!

People often think that making pizza is a nightmare and is something that cannot be successfully achieved at home. Not to do ourselves out of business of course, but at Pizzeria Oregano we're out to prove you wrong and show how easy it is to make pizzeria-standard pizzas in the comfort of your own home.

To make the pizza base, you need just four ingredients:

300f strong bread flour
1 sachet of quick action yeast
1 tsp salt
olive oil

1. Put the flour, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in 200ml of warm water. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil and stir together until you have a soft, wet dough.
2. Turn out onto a lightly floured, clean surface and knead for five minutes.
3. Place in a large bowl and covered with some oiled cling film. There is no need to leave it out to rise for a long time. Ten minutes is enough!
4. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into large rounds, around 25cm in diameter. Make sure you get the dough really very thin. Place onto a floured baking tray.
5. Preheat the oven to 240C. Add any topping that you wish to use. Try making pizza bianco - this is pizza without tomato sauce. If tomato sauce is more you thing, just use some supermarket passata.
6. Place the pizza on its baking tray into the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes until crisp.

Have fun!