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Basic pizza
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Basic pizza

14 ingredients 8 openrecipes
Basic pizza

This is a really simple method for pizza dough and a great place to start if you've never made your own bread before. If you can find semolina flour, it gives the dough an authentic flavour and texture. But if you can't find it, strong white bread flour will also work.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

850
Calories
24g
Protein
22g
Fat
138g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Mozzarella Cheese 1 oz (28g) 85
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Semolina not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 800 g strong white bread flour
  • 200 g fine ground semolina flour or strong white bread flour
  • 1 level tablespoon fine sea salt
  • 2x7 g sachets dried yeast
  • 1 tablespoon golden caster sugar
  • 650 ml lukewarm water
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 small bunch fresh basil
  • olive oil
  • 400 g good-quality tinned plum tomatoes
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 85 g mozzarella
  • extra virgin olive oil

Directions

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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