Hawaiian Pizza

Hawaiian Pizza

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Hawaiian Pizza

Recipe by GeeDeeCourse: Brunch, Main CourseCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Not Hard
Servings

8

slices
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes
Calories

214

kcal
Resting Time

1

hour 
Total time

1

hour 

45

minutes

Hawaiian pizza is the perfect combination of sweet and savoury flavours, with delicious melted mozzarella cheese covering layers of ham and pineapple chunks in each slice.

Ingredients

  • For the Pizza Dough

  • 3.5 g (½ sachet) dried yeast

  • ½ tsp sugar

  • 125 ml lukewarm water (not hot)

  • 200 g plain flour All-purpose is good enough, plus extra to dust

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1½ tbsps. olive oil

  • cornmeal or semolina flour to place on a baking tray

  • For the Topping

  • 125 g Pomodoro (Tomato) sauce see the recipe for Pomodoro Sauce

  • 170 g shredded mozzarella cheese

  • 75 g sliced ham cut into smaller pieces

  • 80 g pineapple chunks canned or fresh (If canned, drain well and dab dry with kitchen roll)

  • oregano fresh or dried, for sprinkling (optional)

Directions

  • Whisk yeast sugar and water in a jug. Stand for 5 minutes or until frothy.
  • Place flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Pour in the yeast mixture and oil.
  • Using your hands, mix the dough until it comes together and is smooth.
  • Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 2/3 minutes
  • Make the kneaded dough into a ball and place it in a lightly oiled bowl turning the dough around to lightly cover the whole surface with the oil and cover with cling wrap.
  • Set aside in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes to an hour until it doubles in size.
  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently for another 5/8 minutes or until smooth.
  • Cover with a damp clean tea towel and allow to rest for 30 mins
  • preheat the oven to 475°F (245°C). Gas Mark9 and place the oven rack on the lowest shelf. Place a large flat upturned baking tray on the rack to heat up. (Needs to be large enough to hold your Pizza)
  • Once the dough has rested knock it with your fists to knock the air out of it and roll out pizza base on a floured surface to the desired size to about 1cm thick
  • Line another flat up-turned baking tray with a sheet of baking parchment (this will make it easier to transfer to the oven) and sprinkle it with cornmeal or semolina flour
  • Place the rolled out pizza dough onto the baking tray and using your fists gently push from the centre out to produce a rim all around the outer edge, the centre of the pizza should be about 5mm thick and the rim about 1cm
  • To prevent the pizza toppings from making your pizza crust soggy, brush the shaped dough lightly with olive oil.
  • Using your fingers, gently make indentations into the surface of the dough, this will prevent bubbling
  • Top the dough evenly with Pomodoro sauce, then add the cheese, ham, pineapple and a sprinkling of oregano if desired
  • Open the oven and slide the oven rack with the heated baking tray out, now carefully slide the baking parchment with your pizza on onto the heated baking tray
  • Bake pizza for 12-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbling.
  • Slice hot pizza and serve immediately.

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