Pizza Napoletana recipe

A traditional recipe from our Italian chef Antonella. Learn how to make delicious pizzas and more on an Italian cookery holiday.

Impasto per pizzettine
Dough for little pizzas

Makes 12 little pizzas

Ingredients:

• 200g plain flour
• 1 packet of brewer’s yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 100ml luke warm water
• 1 pinch of salt

In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the luke warm water with the sugar and pinch of salt. Let rest for 5 minutes then add the flour slowly, stirring continuously until you obtain dough. If the mixture is still too sticky, add some more flour. If it is too dry, add a touch of water. Continue to work the dough with your hands until it becomes smooth. Shape it into a ball and then place in a bowl. Cut a shallow cross into the top, cover it with a cloth and let it rest for 1.5 hours. The dough will rise considerably and tiny bubbles will form on the surface. At this point the dough is ready to be rolled out to make the pizzas!

Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan pizza

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• ½ kg pureed peeled tomatoes
• 250 g mozzarella
• 5-6 anchovy fillets
• 2 Tbs capers
• 3-4 pinches of oregano

Take the little pizza dough and divide into 3 or 4 pieces. Roll out the dough to form a thin crust one at a time. Then with a cutting round, cut the dough into circles to form your mini pizzas bases. Cover a baking tray with oven paper and lay out the dough. On each mini pizza, put a layer of the tomato, a piece of mozzarella, ½ anchovy fillet and capers and drizzle with olive oil. Place in a hot oven at 200°C for 7-8 minutes, remove and sprinkle with oregano. Your pizzas are ready…and best eaten hot.