Sabirah's Kitchen

If there is one thing that I learnt to make from my mum that is how to make pancakes, and pizza...

Pizza can come in so many flavours and shades, and is easier to prepare than most people think.

Once you've got the pizza base, you can really get creative, and it's always a family favourite, good for parties and get-togethers. There is no substitue for making your own base, and I get asked a lot how I make my pizza base. I was recently invited for dinner and the host made pizza with ready-made base. The difference was huge!

for a good base you'll just need

500 gr standard flour

250ml luke warm water

about 2 tblsp olive oil, or other vegetable oil

1.5 tblsp dry yeast (can use a cube of fresh yeast if you have)

1 tsp salt

dissolve and stir the yeast with a bit of warm water until it gets frothy. Then combine with the rest of the dry ingredients. Slowly add the warm water and oil bit by bit and knead until it's all combined and looks like bread dough. You might need a bit less water, if you use too much it gets like batter and you have to add some flour

pop the dough into a blowl and cover with a kitchen towel, let rest in a dark and warm place for at least an hour. Knead again after an hour and let rest for another hour.

You can also make faces into the dough ball and punch it like you would like to punch your sexist boss...

Then you can roll the dough out on a floured cookie sheet and decorate it with some topping:)

Of course you have to use some tomato sauce, for that cook some tomato concentrate with garlic and herbs and a bit of water and spread onto the pizza. I sometimes use Dolmios. Easy as.

The above pizza was just topped with a can of tuna, shrimp, onion rings, chillies and grated cheese.

If you like you can add olives (I don't like them too much), capers, anchovies.

For a meaty topping I sometimes use curried minced lamb, or cooked chicken, herbs (rosemary, thyme etc..) , slices of capsicum etc... there are endless possiblities!