Make Your Own Pizza Dough

Method

1. Mix the dried yeast, caster sugar and warm water together in a jug, and add in the olive oil.

2. Leave the jug to sit on the counter while you sieve the flour into a large bowl. Stir the salt into your flour.

3. Make a hollow shape in the centre of the flour with your hand. Gently pour the yeast mixture into this hollow.

4. Use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients together. When it all starts to come together and look like dough you can begin to knead it with your hands. You can do this while the dough is in the bowl.

5. When it is kneaded enough it should form a smooth ball and the surface should bounce back when you press your finger into it. Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and leave it to sit in a warm place for an hour. The dough will swell up and look twice the size.

6. Divide the dough into three small balls and you can either keep them in the fridge and use them later or roll them out on a clean surface. To roll them out sprinkle flour onto your countertop or table. Use a rolling pin and roll the ball of dough into a round pizza shape.

7. Pre heat your oven to 250ºC/gas mark 8. Heat a baking tray in the oven.

8. Carefully slice each mozzarella ball into thin slices.

9. Spread some passata onto one of the pizzas and dot the mozzarella slices onto it. Season with some salt and pepper.

10. Ask an adult to slide the pizza onto the heated baking tray. Put the tray back into the oven and bake the pizza until the base is golden, and the cheese has melted. You can sprinkle the pizza with fresh basil before you serve it.