PIZZA EXPRESSED THREE WAYS
PIZZA EXPRESSED THREE WAYS
PIZZA EXPRESSED THREE WAYS

Ingredients
  • 300g/11oz strong bread flour
  • plus a little extra for dusting
  • 1 x 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 red chilli (optional)
  • 2 fat sausages
  • 2 tsp fennel seed
  • 2 tbsp harissa paste (found in most supermarkets)
  • a handful of wild rocket
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 50ml/1¾fl oz passata
  • 50g/1¾oz peppadew peppers (these are available from most supermarkets
  • near the capers and vinegars!)
  • 3 sprigs of thyme
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 75g/3oz goats’ cheese
  • 10 chorizo slices
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • small handful of fresh basil leaves
  • salt and pepper
  • 100g/3½oz hummus
  • 100g/3½oz feta cheese
  • ½ small courgette
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • salt and pepper
  • drizzle of balsamic glaze (available in the supermarket)
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • small handful of mint leaves
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 240C/475F/Gas 9.
  • Put the flour
  • yeast and salt into a large bowl and stir to combine. Make a well in the centre and add the oil and 175ml/6fl oz of warm (but not too hot) tap water. Then mix it all together with a wooden spoon to form a soft slightly sticky ball.
  • At this stage I like to get my hands into the bowl and squidge everything together. Then throw a little flour on the work surface and knead the dough for eight minutes by hand (or four minutes in a free standing mixer fitted with a dough hook).
  • Then divide the dough into three equal(ish) pieces and then use a rolling pin to roll each one out into roughly a 14x40cm/5x15in rectangle. It will be really nice and thin. Put each rectangle on a baking sheet and cover with a clean tea towel or some oiled cling film so they not dry out while you prepare the toppings (or for at least 10 minutes).
  • For the harissa
  • chilli
  • sausage and rocket topping
  • trim and finely slice the spring onions (green and white bit) and halve
  • deseed and finely slice the red chilli (if using) and set aside.
  • Snip the skin of the sausages and then peel it off or squeeze the sausage meat out. Break the sausage meat into small pieces.
  • Spread the harissa paste all over the pizza base. I like to leave a 1cm/½in border for aesthetic purposes only! Scatter the onions
  • chilli
  • sausage meat and fennel seeds over and season with a little salt and pepper.
  • For the goats’ cheese
  • sweet pepper and chorizo topping
  • put the passata and peppadew peppers in a blender. Run your fingers down the length of the thyme sprigs to release their leaves
  • peel the garlic and add both to the blender also. Blitz until smooth and then spread over the pizza base
  • leaving a 1cm/½in border.
  • Break the goats’ cheese into small pieces and scatter over the pizza base along with the chorizo slices.
  • For the feta
  • hummus and zucchini topping
  • spread the hummus over the base of the pizza and crumble the feta on top. Use a vegetable peeler to slice the courgette into long thin strips. Keep going until all is used up and arrange these over also. Halve the tomatoes
  • scatter them over
  • and season.
  • When you have topped the pizzas
  • bake each one in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until crispy and the sausage on the harissa
  • chilli and sausage pizza is cooked.
  • Once cooked
  • scatter the rocket over the harissa
  • chilli and sausage pizza. Scatter the basil leaves over the cooked goats’ cheese pizza and drizzle with a little oil. Drizzle the balsamic glaze over the feta pizza with a good drizzle of olive oil
  • then scatter over the mint leaves. Serve the pizzas immediately.