I am a fan of home-made pizza. I have never had a bought pizza that tastes as good. However, I have not been to Italy (yet!).
But the dough you say! the kneading! the proving! it’s all too hard! Well, what if you could whip up an easy pizza base in less than five minutes, throw some toppings on and have it all cooked and ready to go before the pizza boy even gets on his bike? With the added benefit of having a family dinner with no additives or artificial stuff ? Yeah, that’s what I am talking about !
I am going to share with you the easiest, tastiest pizza base ever – spelt and yoghurt (my mum gave me the recipe, but of course I tweaked it!) and a yummy topping – prawn, fetta and pesto – that my family just loves. This recipe will make 2 largish pizzas.
2 Ingredient Pizza Base
Okay, so this is what you need:
2 cups organic wholemeal spelt flour*
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup organic greek natural yoghurt
10 large Australian green prawns, peeled and chopped into thirds
200g organic fetta cheese, cubed
4 tablespoons organic tomato paste
1/2 capsicum, thinly sliced
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
2-3 tablespoons pesto
2 large handfuls of rocket (or spinach)
Okay, so this is how you do it:
Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees celsius. Oil a couple of pizza trays. I like the trays with the holes in the bottom so the pizza bases stay nice and crispy!
Sift the flour and baking powder together. Add the yoghurt into a bowl and mix well.
Work it together until it forms into a ball. You may need a drop or two of water at this point.
Take it out and knead it gently for a minute or so on a floured bench until it is nice and smooth. Don’t go too crazy – just a light kneading is all it kneads needs. 😀
Roll out the dough with your rolling pin into 2 rough circle shapes. Fling it onto the trays and press it to the edges. Now we are ready for yumminess on top.
Now, this is a personal preference, but I like to cook off the onion and capsicum in a pan – just so it’s not such a ‘raw’ taste on my pizza. So, do this if you are fussy like me!
Divide up the toppings equally for your two pizzas. Spread with the tomato paste, sprinkle with onion, capsicum, fetta and prawns.
Chuck into the hot oven for about 10-12 minutes until the prawns are cooked and the cheese is going nice and brown.
Drizzle the pesto over the top of the pizza and pile on the rocket. I don’t serve anything with this pizza – the salad is on top – bonus!
Cut with a pizza cutter and serve it up.
*Yes, you can use different types of flour in this recipe. Use organic wholemeal self-raising flour and leave out the baking powder. Experiment with your favourite flours!
We also love roasted pumpkin on this pizza instead of the prawns if you want to go vego!
As always, I love comments and feedback, so please come back and let me know if you made it and what the family thought. If you like it, share this link with your friends.
So, there you go – easy Friday night dinner and the pizza boy need never darken your door again !! 😛
I love spelt pizzas- you get to eat pizza and no guilt afterwards! Great recipe, I’d like to try my pizza base with yoghurt in the dough too.
Jane xx
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I agree… I find with spelt you don’t get that yucky wheat bloat afterwards too ! 🙂
I use the flour + yoghurt dough as well. We add garlic powder, mixed herbs and parmesan cheese to it when we make pizza as well, so yummy! It’s so versatile. You can add some curry and have it with Indian food or leave it plain and cook it shaped like a loaf for a super quick “bread” to have with soups and salads. My eldest son absolutely loves making this with me ♥
that’s a great idea to get a nice flavour boost !!
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I cook my pizzas on a tray for the first half, then slide them staight onto the oven racks for the last bit to really crisp up the base.
A pizza stone is really good too….it makes it a bit like woodfired with the crispy base !
I will definately try adding yogurt the next time I make pizzas. Great idea.
I already use it so much in my baking but hadn’t thought to try in pizza bases 🙂
It’s just so easy Bek !
I have been playing around with using spelt flour for pizza bases to no avail…will definitely give this one a go – and I can vouch for the Italian pizzas…awesome xx
Hi there
My husband can’t have dairy, yeast, wheat plus a whole lot of other things. This recipe appeals because there is no yeast in the dough and he can eat spelt. What could I use instead of the yoghurt though? Do you think coconut cream would work? Or just water?
Thanks
I think coconut cream would not be thick enough – what about coconut yoghurt?
I made this for lunch today and it was yum as well as easy!! And thats saying something coz im hopeless in the kitchen… I couldnt really roll them round but hey, the kids dont mind!! Thank you for all u do for us!
Excellent!! I usually roll and then push them into the tray with my fingers. 🙂
Yum this looks delicious. DO you think it would work with gluten free flour.
haven’t tried it yet! can’t see why it won’t though!
Hi! I’ve made this pizza several times with spelt flour but it seems that on the inside it always remains raw or moist.. Do you have any tips? Thank you!
Hi Cristina, try rolling thinner and/or or cooking a little longer. 🙂
Would this base recipe be suitable for freezing? I am waning to make a bulk batch of mini bases and freeze them raw to use later for quick snack and lunches for the kids.
Hi Ellana, I haven’t tried to freeze it uncooked but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! 🙂