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Pizza with herbs from the garden

A choose your own journey meal, perfect for cooking with the family!

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Ingredients

Yeast – 1 sachet
Water, lukewarm – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Flour – 350 grams
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
Tomato passata – 1 bottle
Herbs, chopped (basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary) – 2 bunches or as needed from the garden
Mushrooms, sliced – 200 grams
Capsicum, diced – 1 capsicum
Cheese, grated – 250 grams

Recipe adapted from Long Day Care Recipe Competition – entry by Bambou Early Learning Centre, 2022.

Method

For the pizza dough, combine yeast water and sugar together in a small bowl or jug and set aside for 10 minutes until foamy.
In a large bowl combine flour and salt.
Create a well in the center and add the yeast mixture together with some oil.
Combine the wet and dry ingredients until the dough comes together.
Knead in the bowl.
Set aside and until the dough doubles in size.
When the dough has doubled in size, dust your work surface with flour.
Knead and roll the dough into 1-2cm thickness.
For the pizza sauce, combine passata and herbs (you may not have all herbs, use what you have available) in a bowl or jug .
To assemble, heat oven to 200°C.
Grate cheese, slice mushrooms and dice capsicum.
Spread sauce evenly over the pizza dough.
Add mushrooms and capsicum or your desired toppings and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Place pizza on a tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
For an extra flavor serve topped with garden fresh basil (optional).

Recipe tips

Pizza is a great cooking activity to get the children involved. They can help make the dough and add toppings!
For dairy free omit cheese.
For gluten free or wheat free replace wheat flour with gluten free flour and check label of yeast and choose gluten free options.
For a vegan option omit cheese.
Vegetables can also be swapped for other vegetables you may have on hand such as zucchini, eggplant, pumpkin or olives
To add source of meat, add sliced cooked chicken or lean ham
Ready-made pizza bases or pita bread can also be used as a pizza base, rather than making the dough yourself.

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