Top 8: get a pizza the action with these shop-bought bases

Kitchen fun by the slice, perfect for beating Bank Holiday boredom

Back to base-ics: gather the kiddies around and get them involved in assembling their perennial pizza faves

As summer primary school holidays fast approach, a useful form of entertainment for children is making pizza. Ideal for a family or party, with varied tastes, once the base is ready, toppings can be chopped and grated, swished and swirled. And then they can be eaten. A win, win. 

This survey focuses on what pizza bases are available in supermarkets and Italian shops, but there are also good versions in farmers’ markets. Volcano has a pizza kit at markets and at NeighbourFood, and a useful instruction on how to stretch the dough is online at volcano.ie. Arbutus Bread stalls in markets have good dough (you may need to order it), and there is also good dough in Iago, Princes Street, Cork. All worth trying.