Thread by @TheWulfster

As you may know, I like to do a bit cooking. It takes a while to become good at certain dishes, but once you've mastered them they are dead simple. This will be a thread dedicated to making pizza & to my pal @rawlimark who loves a #pizza, but perhaps not my photography. 🍕 1/8

Italian food is ace. It is usually simply made with good ingredients. There is a tradition of 🇮🇹 food known as "Cucina Povera" it doesn't translate well into English = "poor kitchen" or "peasant food". I think it's better described as good food, simple ingredients.🇮🇹 2/8

So I will start with the dough. It is a simple "Neapolitan dough" of four ingredients. Water, flour, salt & yeast. I like the way this guy does it (uses too much salt though. Putting the water in first makes a big difference. 3/8

4/8 The flour I use for the base is bread flour from @wrightsflour It's top quality, a good price and is British Grown and milled. 🇬🇧

For my tomato base I normally cook down a tin of chopped tomatoes, with salt and pepper and pass through a sieve. I spread on the base and then put some Parmesan or Pecorino cheese. This makes a big difference to the flavour. 5/8

The other chesses I use are Mozzarella and a mature cheddar. Obviously the cheddar isn't 100% authentic but works well. Tonight's flavours tuna/sweetcorn & peperoni. A little sprinkle of herbs, pepper, salt and a drizzle of EV Olive oil.

A very hot oven, baked until the base is solid. Don't overload the dough with toppings as you'll get a soggy bottom - which no one likes! Do it right and hopefully end up with something like this: 7/8

Absolutely bloody lovely, all scoffed. I costed out the ingredients and for six 8" pizzas the cost was around a £1 each. Jobbed jobbed! 8/8

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