2-ways pizza pairing with RW The Blend
| Recipes by Robertson Winery
Pizza dough recipe
Make 4 pizza bases.
Ingredients
2 cups lukewarm water
1 tsp sugar
10g active dry yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
5 ¼ cups bread flour
1 tbsp salt
2 cups tomato puree
Method
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine all the ingredients.
- Turn the mixer on a medium speed and knead for 8 – 10 minutes until an elastic dough has formed.
- Place the dough in a large oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let it rest for 1 hour in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Knock down the dough and divide into 120g balls ready for use.
- Pre heat the oven to 250°C with a pizza stone placed in the middle.
- Cover your work surface well with bread flower.
- Pour yourself and friends a glass of RW The Blend.
- Roll out your dough balls into a round shape roughly 30cm in diameter.
- Cover the bass in tomato puree, and place on top of the hot pizza stone for 1 ½ minutes.
- Remove the base and place aside ready for toppings.
Local salami, marinated aubergine, and fresh Adam’s figs
Makes 1 pizza.
Ingredients
1 par-cooked pizza base1
1 ½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
7 pieces of local SA salami
½ cup marinated aubergine
4 – 5 Adam’s figs, cut in half
Danish feta for garnish
Wild rocket for garnish
Method
- Cover the base evenly with the mozzarella cheese.
- Place the salami, marinated aubergine and figs all over.
- Place on top of the hot pizza stone in the oven and bake for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle on some of the Danish feta and wild rocket to finish.
- Enjoy and share with a glass of RW The Blend.
Burrata, roasted red pepper and green olive
Makes 1 pizza.
Ingredients
1 par-cooked pizza base
1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese
6 – 8 pieces roasted red pepper
½ cup green olives, pitted and halved
1 burrata
Wild rocket for garnish
Method
- Cover the base evenly with the mozzarella cheese.
- Place the red pepper and green olives all over.
- Place on top of the hot pizza stone in the oven and bake for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place the burrata in the middle of the pizza and cut open for the inside to ooze all over the pizza.
- Finish with a sprinkle of wild rocket.
- Enjoy and share with a glass of RW The Blend.
