Quick homemade pizza

Ingredients

For the base

• 1 double packet of pizza dough mix (2x145g sachets)

• add any of these suggestions to flavour the dough:

• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, a small handful of finely grated parmesan cheese, 1 tsp dried or 1 tbsp chopped fresh herbs (oregano, basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, rosemary), 1-2 tbsp finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes, 1-2 tbsp finely chopped olives,

• 1 tbsp flavoured oil, such as chilli, basil or rosemary

• flour, for rolling out

• olive oil, for drizzling

For the tomato sauce

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 medium onion, finely chopped

• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 tsp dried oregano

• 1x400g can chopped tomatoes

• 2 tbsp tomato purée

• flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Topping suggestions

• Tomato and cheese form the basic pizza ingredients, but depending on your mood and your taste buds, you can turn a basic pizza into any flavour you like. Experiment yourself or try some of these suggestions:

For a Cheese Feast

• 120g/4½oz each of mozzarella, gruyere, dolcelatte and 50g/2oz parmesan cheese

For a Popeye Special

• 50g/2oz cooked spinach, grated nutmeg, 1 tsp dried oregano, 50g/2oz mozzarella cheese, a handful of grated parmesan cheese, a handful of pinenuts and 1 egg broken in the centre

For a Hot Hot Hot

• thinly sliced pepperoni, thinly sliced onion, a few chopped jalapeno peppers, mozzarella cheese and oregano

For a Four-in-One

• place thinly sliced pepperoni/salami over one quarter of the top, thinly sliced mushrooms over the second quarter, mozzarella cheese over the third quarter and tinned anchovies, olives and capers over the last quarter

For a Pizza Med

• a few slices parma ham, mozzarella cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, olives and parmesan cheese

For a Seafood and Spice

• cooked prawns, capers, olives, chilli flakes, mozzarella cheese and canned anchovies