How to bake Pizza Swirls from Scratch

Was craving for a pizza today.

It is either to dine in at Pizzahut or to bake pizza on my own from scratch.

Honestly, I wanted to try baking pizza for years but afraid to do so because I had heard from my Facebook friend that the pizza base was difficult to soften, might as well buy the base from the supermarket.

I figured out that she might had used the plain flour instead of the protein flour as you know that most breads and pizza base used protein flour which is also known as the bread flour.

Protein flour is wheat flour with high content of protein which absorbs liquid quickly, risen faster than other type of flours.

Hence, I decided to bake Pizza Swirls today from scratch and I was glad to inform you that, yes, it was the protein flour that made my pizza a succcess.

As for the ingredients for the top fillings, it depends on what you want to spread on top.

You can add in green bell pepper, olives, tuna flakes, seafood, mushrooms, pineapple cubes, minced chicken or beef, the list is endless!

Pizza Swirls Recipe

Ingredients:

• 225g  protein flour ( bread flour)
• A pinch of salt
• 1 sachet firmly packed yeast
• 200ml warm water
• 150ml tomato puree
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 clove garlic-chopped
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 200g tuna flaks from the brine (canned)
• 1 red or green bell pepper
• 1 small onion-chopped
• 85g grated cheese

Method of making pizza Swirls

• In a big mixing bowl, sieve the protein flour with salt together.
• Then, prepare the yeast. Mix a sachet of yeast with 2 tbsp of warm water , mix well, leave aside to form bubbles.
• Then mix the yeast mixture into the protein flour.
• Pour in the rest of the warm water, mix well to form a soft pizza dough.
• Sprinkle some flour on a flat surface.
• Turn the dough onto the floured surface, knead for 10min.
• Roll out with a rolling pin, cut out a rectangle shape with 16inch x 8 inch size

How to make the pizza paste

• In a bowl, pour in the tomato puree, chopped garlic, tomato sauce, oregano together, mix well.
• Then, spread the pizza paste all over the pizza dough
• Remove the tuna flakes from the can.
• Transfer tuna into a bowl, use the back of a fork to mash the tuna into fine paste.
• Mix the tuna mash with black pepper, chopped onion and garlic.
• Remove the seeds from the red bell pepper.
• Cut the pepper into small pieces.
• Roll up from a long side, then cut into 1 inch thickness.
• Place the slices, cut side up, on the greased baking tray
• Leave in a warm place for 30min, such as the top of the fridge.
• Then, spoon the pizza paste over the pizza doughs, sprinkle some chopped red bell pepper and grated cheese on top
• Transfer the baking tray into the oven, bake for 20min until goldenr browned.
• Serve warm with cold or hot beverages.

Tips:

For left over pizzas, keep them in a tupperware, into the fridge.

Thaw and heat up in microwave oven the next morning .

Written by peachpurple

photo taken by peachpurple

Article checked by Plagium

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