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Simple Pizza with Nomato Sauce

Use it as is or as a simple base for pizzas with various toppings
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • stone pizza tray, optional

Ingredients
  

Base

  • 3 cup wheat or spelt flour - I freshly mill 2 cups of grain on a fine setting
  • 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 or 1 1/4 tsp pink salt
  • enough boiling water to make cottage cheese like consistency
  • 1 1/2 tbsp coriander seed powder - optional
  • 2 tsp celery seed powder - optional
  • 2 tsp caraway seed powder - optional

Nomato Sauce (see notes)

    Simple Toppings

    • 2 cups fresh cheese (homemade is best or use fresh mozzarella or unaged goat's cheese) - recipe in the notes
    • fresh basil leaves - to decorate

    Instructions
     

    Base

    • Reserve 1/2 cup flour for rolling the dough out.
    • Combine the base ingredients with a fork till you achieve a cottage cheese like consistency.
      Now using hands, bring the dough into a soft ball. It shouldn't be sticky or dry.
      Adjust with adding a touch of water, if it is too dry, or a little more flour, if too sticky.
    • Cover for 20 minutes

    Pizza

    • Preheat one or two stone pizza trays (if using) in a 240C oven (464F) / 220 C Fan (428 F).
    • Divide the dough into two parts.
    • Using the extra flour you reserved, roll out each one of them into a pizza base.
    • Keep them under a towel when not ready to go to the oven.
    • Spread the Nomato Sauce, add the ricotta and return to the oven for about 5 minutes or until cooked. The pizza should neither be burnt, nor look wet.
    • Garnish with freshly torn basil just before you serve.
    Keyword nomato, pizza