A healthy fresh snack that is easy to make

Garlic bread pizzas

Difficulty: Easy

Servings

4-8

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

809

kcal

Ingredients

For the base
500g strong white flour , plus extra for rolling
7g sachet fast-action yeast
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
For the topping
50g butter , softened
2 garlic cloves , crushed
300g pack mozzarella , drained
4 tomatoes , roughly chopped
handful basil leaves , roughly chopped
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp balsamic vinegar

Directions

Tip all of the base ingredients into a mixing bowl. Pour over 300ml warm water – not too hot. Stir quite hard with a spoon until the mixture comes together.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 2-3 times until the mixture forms a ball. Divide dough into 8 equalsize pieces. Take 1 piece, leaving the remainder loosely covered with oiled cling film. Lightly flour the surface again and use a rolling pin to roll out dough into a round about 15cm diameter or as thin as you can. Put pizza on a baking sheet.
Mix together the butter and crushed garlic, then spread a little over the pizza. Tear the mozzarella into thin strips and scatter over. Repeat for the remaining pieces of dough. You should be able to fit 2 pizzas per baking sheet; depending on how many baking sheets you have, you may have to cook in batches.
Heat oven to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9. Bake pizzas for 12-15 mins until crisp and cooked through. Meanwhile, mix together the remaining ingredients, then season well. When the pizza comes out of the oven, top with the tomato mixture and serve straight away

RECIPE TIPS

MAKING THE DOUGH

Making dough from scratch can seem to be hardwork, but it tastes much superior to storebought copies and costs less than a package of bread mix. We’ve made it much easier by reducing the kneading time and not allowing the dough to rise. This saves time in the kitchen and makes rolling out the dough smoother. Furthermore, the pizza has an authentically crisp foundation as it comes out of the oven.