Margerita & Pepperoni Pizza

While I was in Malaysia,I managed to make my own pizza dough. I used to cheat by buying Naan dough from the nearest 'Mamak' because I wasn't sure how to make the dough. Didn't realise it was very simple. And I still need to get a food processor cause my Kenwood stand mixer can't handle heavy doughs. It fell while mixing a batch of bread the other time and now it's making some funny noise.=( sucha disappointment Kenwood!

Recipe sourced from Baking with Julia.

Pizza Base

• 1 1/4 cups tepid water
• 1 pack active dry yeast
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 2 tbls. Olive Oil
• 3 1.4 cups bread flour
  
• 2 tsp. salt

1. Dissolve the yeast & sugar in half the water and let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.
2. Add the remaining water and oil together
3. Whisk the flour and salt together.
4. Pour all the wet mixtures into the flour and mix with rubber spatula until everything is combined.
5. Mix on low speed for 3 minutes, or until dough comes together
6. Then mix on medium high for 10 more minutes.
7. You should end with a soft, slightly moist, extremely elastic dough.
8. Place in oiled bowl, let rise until it has doubled in size.
9. Let rise until it doubles in size again.
10. Divide the dough into three equal portions and shape each piece into a ball.

Mozzarella cheese

Pepperoni,for the pepperoni pizza

Tomato Base

• 
  1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp finely chopped garlic
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• salt and black pepper, to taste

1. Fry garlic in olive oil and butter until fragrant.
2. Empty can of diced tomatoes into garlic and continue to cook.
3. Season with salt and black pepper.
4. Let it cool.

Assemble: Roll the pizza base to your desired thickness. I like my crust thin. Before baking the crust I scatter some semolina on the baking tin to avoid it from sticking to the pan,somehow it did stick slightly but not too much. Place the dough on the pan and bake. Bake for 15-20 mins in the oven at 180degrees. Then take it out, put a layer of tomato base on the bread then scatter the cheese (for the pepperoni one,place pepperoni on the tomato base before scattering the cheese generously on the topping.). Bake till cheese is golden.Serve hot/warm.