In an effort to help people struggling for meal ideas during the coronavirus lock down The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has put together a homebaked pizza recipe for you to try out.

The recipe comes from The Donkey Sanctuary's award winning kitchen and is straight forward enough for any culinary novice to attempt.

A spokesperson for The Donkey Sanctuary said: "From our kitchen to yours, our chefs have been coming up with some simple, tasty recipes for you to try at home.

"This week, why not have a go at making some homebaked pizza?"

This homebaked pizza recipe will make four 8" pizzas using staple ingredients from your kitchen cupboard.

Ingredients

For the dough:

-500g strong plain flour or 00 flour

-1 tsp salt

-1/2 tsp dried yeast

-400 ml lukewarm water

-Oil

For the topping:

-250 g tomato passata, mixed with a little tomato puree and/or pesto

-150 g grated cheese (or torn mozzarella)

-Additional toppings of your choice, eg ham, pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms, onions, courgettes, olives, herbs, etc

Method

-Sprinkle yeast into water and stir. Leave for 5 minutes until bubbles begin to appear.

-Sieve flour into a bowl and add the salt.

-Pour water/yeast into the flour and mix together to form the dough.

-Tip onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes by hand or 6 minutes in a food mixer with a dough hook.

-Place in a large oiled bowl, cover with clingfilm and leave to prove in a warm place for 1 hour (or in the fridge overnight) until doubled in size.

-Knock back the dough on a floured surface and cut into 4 equal portions.

-Cover while preparing your toppings.

-Preheat the oven to gas 7-8 /230C.

-Stretch or roll the pizza dough and place it on a baking tray before spreading with the tomato sauce and your choice of toppings.

-Bake near the top of the oven for 12-15 minutes.

Makes four 8" pizzas.

If you try out the recipe please take pictures of your home made pizzas and send them to [email protected]. We would love to see how you get on with this fantastic recipe from The Donkey Sanctuary.