Pizza!

This is a great way of getting all your friends involved, and it's also fun decorating your own pizza! This recipe makes enough for four to five hungry people - just choose your own toppings.

Charlotte's: mushroom and pepperoni

For the dough:

• 500g plain white flour
• 7g sachet dried yeast
• pinch of salt
• 350ml warm water (boil a kettle then wait for it to cool - DO NOT use water from a hot tap)



Charlotte decorating her pizza.

• 60ml olive oil

1. Sift all the flour into a bowl and add a pinch of salt and the yeast.
2. Make a well in the centre of the flour, then slowly add in the warm water. Mix with a wooden spoon until it comes together and starts to look like a dough. If you have put too much water in even it out with more flour - it should be soft, not sticky.
3. Place the dough on a floured surface and knead firmly for about 10 minutes, until it becomes soft and spongy.
4. Lightly oil a clean bowl and put the dough in. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for about an hour.
5. Turn the dough out on the floured surface again, and knead. You should notice that it feels airier than the first time you kneaded the dough. 
6. Separate the dough into 4 or 5 balls, depending on how many are eating.

Nat and her masterpiece!

For the tomato sauce: You can use passata if you have it, but it's not generally the store-cupboard essential in a student kitchen!

• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 3 gloves garlic, minced
• 1 cube vegetable stock
• pinch of salt and pepper
• some herbs (I used oregano and parsley)

Basically, throw all this into a food processor and whizz until it's smooth. If you don't have a food processor just crush the tomatoes with a fork and mix well.

Roll out your dough on the floured surface, spread over the tomato sauce, and top with a generous quantity of mozzarella. 

Now for the fun bit! Add whatever toppings you want! 

Nat's: bacon, yellow pepper, onion and cheddar.

Amelia made sausage pizza and stuffed cheese in the crust. Yum!

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
2. Place your pizza on a baking tray and cook for 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness and size of your pizza.
3. Tuck in!

I said this made five, yet we could only cook 3 at a time in our oven, so Tom and I waited. By the time it was ready we were ravenous and I totally forgot to document our pizzas! If you really cared, we had chilli, onion, mushroom and veggie bolognese on our pizzas. Be as adventurous (or as safe!) as you like!