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Miguel’s Woodfired Pizza
Recipe by Miguel Maestre
From Season 2022, The Living Room - 2022 Ep. 18
Skip the takeaway pizza and make your very own with this delicious recipe from Miguel
- Steps
- Ingredients
Steps
- To make pizza dough, combine the yeast, sugar and warm water in a jug and whisk well. Set aside for 5 minutes. Place the flour, salt and oil in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the yeast mixture and gradually stir into the flour until a dough forms. Knead, using lightly oiled hands, for 3 to 5 minutes, until dough bounces back when touched. Note; if you have a stand mixer, use the dough hook to knead dough. Cover dough with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 6 hours, or overnight if time permits.
- To make tomato sauce, place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until combined.
- Remove dough from fridge. Divide dough into four equal portions (divide into 5 portions for standard crust). Shapes portions into balls and place on a tray. Stand in a warm place for 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- Preheat pizza oven. If you don’t have a pizza oven, preheat oven to 220C (fan-forced). Heat oven tray or pizza stone in oven 10 minutes before cooking pizzas.
- Working with one ball of dough at a time, stretch it out by hand and place on a floured pizza peel or a square of floured baking paper. Use the palm of your hand to press the dough into a large flat disc, then press it out from the centre with your fingers, stretching it into a large circle. If making a stuffed crust, use the cheese strings or sticks to make a border around the pizza then fold over the dough to create a border enclosing the cheese. Spoon over some of the tomato sauce, then top with chorizo, cheese and basil. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Cook in the pizza oven or transfer to hot oven tray to cook in oven, until sides have puffed up and cheese is golden. Remove and cut into wedges.
- Repeat with remaining pizza dough and toppings.
