Quick cook Pizza

A simple home made pizza which tastes great and doesn't take a long time to cook.  


For the base

• 6oz self raising flour
• 1/4 level teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1oz flora or other spread
• 5 tablespoons of milk

The topping
1 tablespoon cooking oil 
1 onion
1 can tomatoes
1 teaspoon of mixed herbs (or Italian seasoning)
Ketchup
Salt & pepper
Any toppings you wish to have or have laying around in the fridge - ham, mushrooms, tuna etc
Grated cheese

• Peel and finely chop the onion
• Heat the oil in a small pan and add the onion, cook gently until soft
• Open the tomatoes, drain them well  and cut the stalk end off each one.  
• Add to the onion, along with the herbs, salt and pepper and a good squirt of ketchup.
• Simmer for around 5 minutes.

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• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl
• Rub the flora into the flour with your fingertips until there are no lumps left and the mixture resembles find breadcrumbs.
• Add the milk and mix with a round ended knife.  This will make a soft and fairly sticky dough
• Knead it gently for a couple of minutes and then roll out into a circle approximately 10 inches in diameter
• Place a frying pan over a low heat and let it heat up, then place the circle of dough into it.  Do not add oil to the pan at any stage.  Let the dough cook over a medium heat for around 3 - 5 minutes to brown the underside.  
• Using two spatulas turn the pizza over.and cook the second side for 3 - 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile turn on the grill to heat up
• Remove pizza from the frying pan and turn the heat off
• Spread the tomato mix over the pizza base, add any other toppings you wish - ham, mushrooms, tuna, whatever you like - then sprinkle grated cheese over the top.
• Place the pizza under the grill until the cheese is melted and browned a little.

To make this go further -do not drain the tomatoes.  When the onions are cooked add around a dessert spoon of flour to the pan, stir it into the onions and cook for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes and their juice, plus the herbs, salt & pepper and ketchup.  Bring to the point of just boiling, then turn the heat down and simmer for a minute or two. 
If you double up the quantities of the pizza base mix and make two bases, cooking one after the other, then with the extra topping mix you can either have two pizzas at once or eat one and freeze one.