SAEDNEWS: In this guide, we’ll show you how to prepare a quick and easy tomato pizza using affordable ingredients. This recipe ensures you won’t have to worry about sourcing expensive items, and you'll still enjoy a delicious homemade pizza.
Tomato pizza is a simple, budget-friendly dish that can be effortlessly prepared at home with minimal ingredients. Although pizza is a traditional Italian dish, it has become widely popular worldwide, with countless pizzerias opening even in smaller towns.
While making pizza might seem challenging, with a little effort and patience, you can create delicious homemade pizzas right in your oven. In Italy, where pizza originated, traditional brick ovens are still used to make flavorful pizzas. In Europe, ready-made frozen pizzas are also common and can be easily baked at home.
For the best results, always use fresh, clean, and high-quality ingredients to ensure your pizza is both healthy and nutritious. You can enhance the flavor with vegetables like olives, thyme, parsley, basil, mint, and sage, ideally using fresh herbs whenever possible.
Other flavor-enhancing ingredients include cracked black pepper and tomatoes marinated in olive oil. Additionally, a good pizza needs quality cheese. Popular options include ricotta, gorgonzola, mozzarella, pecorino, parmesan, and gouda.
Olive oil: As needed
Flour: For dusting the dough
Pizza dough: 500 grams
Salt: As needed
Tomatoes: 4 (chopped)
Grated mozzarella cheese: 1¼ cups
Thyme: 2 teaspoons
Prepare the Dough:
Lightly dust a flat surface with flour.
Divide the pizza dough into four equal parts.
Roll out each piece with a rolling pin to about 0.5 cm thickness.
Preheat the Oven:
Preheat your oven to 200°C.
Lightly grease a baking tray.
Assemble the Pizza:
Evenly spread half of the chopped tomatoes over the dough.
Sprinkle a little salt.
Spread 1 cup of grated mozzarella cheese evenly over the tomatoes.
Add the remaining tomatoes and another layer of cheese.
Sprinkle with thyme and a pinch of salt.
Bake the Pizza:
Place the tray in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the surface is golden and crispy.
Serve:
Remove the pizza from the oven, slice it, and drizzle with olive oil.
Serve with your favorite sauce.
Fresh grated tomatoes: 15 pieces
Finely grated onion: 2 pieces
Canned mushrooms or sautéed mushrooms (chopped): 1 cup
Chopped green bell pepper: 1 piece
Olive oil: ¼ cup
Tomato sauce: 1 tablespoon
Water: 4 tablespoons
Salt: 1½ teaspoons
Dried thyme powder: A pinch
Dried basil powder: A pinch
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Mozzarella cheese: 2 cups
Black olives: As needed
Prepare the Sauce:
Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add the grated onions and sauté until slightly softened.
Stir in the chopped green bell pepper and cook for 1 minute.
Add the chopped mushrooms and sauté for another minute.
Mix in the grated tomatoes, salt, and sugar.
Stir over medium heat for 5–7 minutes, until the tomatoes are fully cooked down.
Add thyme powder, basil powder, and tomato sauce. Stir for another minute.
Finally, add 4 tablespoons of water, stir well, and set aside.
Prepare the Dough:
Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface.
Cut it into your desired shape (square or rectangular).
Assemble the Pizza:
Grease a baking tray and lightly dust it with flour.
Place the dough on the tray.
Spread the prepared sauce evenly over the dough, ensuring it covers the entire surface.
Bake the Pizza:
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Bake the pizza for 30–40 minutes, until the dough puffs up and turns slightly golden.
Add Cheese and Olives:
Remove the pizza from the oven.
Sprinkle a generous layer of mozzarella cheese on top.
Add black olives as desired.
Return the tray to the oven for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese melts and turns golden.
Serve:
Remove the pizza from the oven.
Slice and serve warm.
Enjoy your homemade tomato pizza!
