Pizza Calabrese With Spicy Nduja

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:35:52 GMT

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 220. Put a large baking tray in the oven (this will stop the bottoms going soggy)

Step 2

Add the dried yeast to a large bowl with 100ml of warm water and 1 tsp sugar. Give it a good mix up and set aside for 5-10 minutes for it to develop.

Step 3

Peel and finely chop the garlic. Add to a bowl with the tomato paste and a pinch of salt, pepper and sugar. Add 4 tbsp of cold water and stir together.

Step 4

Drain and pat the mozzarella, tear into bite size pieces

Step 5

Deseed the pepper and slice into thin strips. Slice the red chillis. Pick the basil leaves from their stems and break the N'duja into small bite size pieces.

Step 6

Add the pizza base mix to the bowl with the yeast. Gradually add up to 75ml of warm water (you may not need it all) gently mix until a sticky dough ball has formed. Tip the dough ball onto a floured work surface and cut into 2. Toss each dough ball into a light dusting of flour until coated, round the ball as you go.

Step 7

Press each dough ball in the centre and gently push outwards with your fingertips, leaving the rim of the pizza untouched to form a crust. keep going until your base is slightly smaller than a side plate. Heat a large dry wide based pan over a high heat.

Step 8

Once hot, carefully add the pizza base to the pan, pushing the dough to the edge to help shape the crust. Add 1/2 of the tomato sauce to each pizza and spread evenly with the back of a spoon. Cook the pizza for 3-4 minutes until the crust has started to puff then remove the heated trays from the oven and slide the pizza on.

Step 9

Top them with the dried oregano, mozzarella, N'duja, chilli, sliced pepper and basil leaves. Drizzle the crusts with olive oil and put in the oven for 12-15 minutes.

Step 10

Serve the pizzas with the rocket to the side.

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