Healthy Home-made Pizza

Homemade from scratch, this pizza recipe is the perfect weekend dinner to prepare with friends and family.
Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the base:
100g strong white flour
100g whole-wheat flour
1 tsp or 7g sachet easy-blend dried yeast
125ml warm water
For the topping:
200g can chopped tomatoes, juice drained
Handful cherry tomatoes, halved
1 large courgette, thinly sliced using a peeler
25g mozzarella, torn into pieces
1 red onion, sliced
8 green/black olives, roughly chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp chopped parsley, to serve

Method

1
Step 1

Mix the flours and yeast with a pinch of salt in a food processor fitted with a dough blade.

2
Step 2

Pour in the water and mix into a soft dough, then work for 1 min.

3
Step 3

Remove the dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface to around 30cm across. Lift onto an oiled baking sheet.

4
Step 4

Spread the canned tomatoes over the dough to within 2cm of the edges. Arrange the cherry tomatoes and courgettes over the top, then scatter with the mozzarella.

5
Step 5

Mix together the onion, olives and garlic in a bowl, and then scatter over the top.

6
Step 6

Drizzle evenly with the oil.

7
Step 7

Leave to rise for 20 minutes.

8
Step 8

Heat oven to 240°C/ fan 220°C/gas 9 or the highest setting.

9
Step 9

Bake the pizza for 10-12 minutes until crisp and golden around the edges.

10
Step 10

Scatter with the parsley to serve.