Goats Cheese Pizza
Easy Pizza Supper
Ingredients
- 300ml tepid water
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 4 teaspoons dried yeast
- 500 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
- 100 g / 4oz cheddar cheese grated
- 100 g soft goats cheese sliced and halved
- 1/2 pepper deseeded and chopped
- 12 black olives halved
Instructions
- Place the tepid water in a bowl and add the sugar and stir
- Sprinkle on the dried yeast and stir
- Set aside for 10-15 minutes until frothing on the top
- Put the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the middle
- Add the yeast liquid
- Draw together into one mass using floured hands until it forms together in one ball of dough
- Knead the dough on a floured work surface – pushing the dough away with one hand and then drawing back towards you
- Keep kneading for about 10 or so until it is smooth and elastic. Add a little more flour if it still a little sticky after 10 minutes
- Place the dough in a bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave in a warmish place for about an hour, or until it has roughly doubled in size
- Once the dough is ready, lift it out of the bowl and knock it back by punching the air out of it
- Divide the dough into four equal parts
- Roll each lump of dough into a ball and place in a bowl or on the work surface, covered with a cloth for 10-20 minutes
- Work each ball into a round pizza shape using your hands, gently squashing and thinning it out as evenly as you can. Don’t worry if it is not perfectly round!
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C or gas mark 8
- Put the chopped tomatoes in a bowl and add the herbs and pepper and mix with a handheld mix food processor whizz the tomatoes until smooth. (skip this step if you don't have a processor)
- Cover each pizza with the tomato mixture
- Divide the cheese into four and cover the tomato
- Add pieces of the sliced goats cheese
- Sprinkle the chopped pepper between the cheese slices
- Add the halved olives, distributing them evenly
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the dough is cooked and the cheese, melted