Did I hear someone say Pizza!!

Lucy -So team I made the first pizza’s for my new oven. It was undoubtedly a success. 
As you can see I had some help from the extended family.

Jackson helping out.

I did mention I would in an earlier post that I might divulge the Pizza base recipe I use, so as promised here it is.

Basic Pizza Dough

1kg Pizza & Bread flour

10g salt

10g sugar

20g dry yeast

660ml cold water

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl & make a well in the centre.

Pour 600ml of the water & gradually incorporate it into the flour (should take around 4-5 minutes).

If the dough is too dry add the rest of the water or a little more flour if too wet.

Then you have to knead the dough. I do this by hand & will take around 10 minutes. It should be smooth & have enough elasticity to stretch very thin.

 This quantity makes around 6-8 pizzas depending on the size you want. Normally I make half the amount unless I have a large group coming over.

Now you are ready to make pizzas.


What I love about this recipe is that you don't have to activate the yeast, so it is very fast & simple.

Who's Saucey !

Christening the Oven

Not burnt yet!

The very first pizza made 

( I didn't make it too fancy incase I Fxxcked it up)

As you can see there is a slight char on one side!

So team now that I have my pizza oven, what is left to whine about!…I am sure I can think of something new that I need & start the process again!

If you enjoyed this recipe I got it from “Theo & Co” by Theo Kalogeracos, it’s all pizza recipes & I love it.

Andrew - I'm so glad the bloody thing works properly! You've talked about this for years so it's good to finally see all your whinging come to fruition. Turns out you can buy that cookbook at your local bookshop and yes Gusband of course has a copy. Those that know me will know there is one photo I'm dying to comment on but alas I'm not allowed.

So since I've been silenced, it will be a short post from me today. I've got desserts to make, not in a fancy pizza oven mind you but desserts to make none the less.

Go and buy the cookbook campers, you won't be disappointed. xx