Recipes
Neapolitan Pizza Dough
For 6 pizza bases
Ingredients
- 1 kg Tipo 00 flour , plus extra for dusting
- 1 x 7 g sachet of dried yeast
- olive oil
- water
- salt
Method
Pizza Sauce
Serves 4-6 pizzas
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 fat garlic clove, crushed
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 small bunch basil, finely chopped
Method
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STEP 1
Heat the oil in a saucepan over a low heat, then add the onion along with a generous pinch of salt. Fry gently for 12-15 mins or until the onion has softened and is turning translucent. Add the garlic and fry for a further min. Tip in the tomatoes and purée along with the bay, oregano and sugar. Bring to the boil and lower the heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 30-35 mins or until thickened and reduced. Season. For a really smooth sauce, blitz with a stick blender, otherwise leave as is.
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STEP 2
Stir the basil into the sauce. The sauce will cover 4-6 large pizza bases. Keeps well in the fridge for 1 week or stored in a container in the freezer.
Beef Burger
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, diced
- 500g good-quality beef mince
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 burger buns
- All or any of the following to serve: sliced tomato, beetroot, horseradish sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, handful iceberg lettuce, rocket, watercress
Method
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STEP 1
Tip 500g beef mince into a bowl with 1 small diced onion and 1 egg, then mix.
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STEP 2
Divide the mixture into four. Lightly wet your hands. Carefully roll the mixture into balls, each about the size of a tennis ball.
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STEP 3
Set in the palm of your hand and gently squeeze down to flatten into patties about 3cm thick. Make sure all the burgers are the same thickness so that they will cook evenly.
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STEP 4
Put on a plate, cover with cling film and leave in the fridge to firm up for at least 30 mins.
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STEP 5
Heat the barbecue to medium hot (there will be white ash over the red hot coals – about 40 mins after lighting). Lightly brush one side of each burger with vegetable oil.
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STEP 6
Place the burgers, oil-side down, on the barbecue. Cook for 5 mins until the meat is lightly charred. Don’t move them around or they may stick.
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STEP 7
Oil the other side, then turn over using tongs. Don’t press down on the meat, as that will squeeze out the juices.
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STEP 8
Cook for 5 mins more for medium. If you like your burgers pink in the middle, cook 1 min less each side. For well done, cook 1 min more.
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STEP 9
Take the burgers off the barbecue. Leave to rest on a plate so that all the juices can settle inside.
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STEP 10
Slice four burger buns in half. Place, cut-side down, on the barbecue rack and toast for 1 min until they are lightly charred. Place a burger inside each bun, then top with your choice of accompaniment.