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Overnight pizza

Name: Overnight pizza
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: active dried yeast ¼ tsp; golden caster sugar ½ tsp; plain flour 500g, plus more for dusting; salt 1 tsp; olive oil; garlic 1 clove, sliced; olive oil; tinned cherry tomatoes 400g tin; mozzarella 1 ball, torn; prosciutto 8 slices; rocket 2 handfuls

40 minutes + proving overnight
makes 2 large pizzas
Easy

This recipe for overnight pizza takes a little bit of time and leap of faith, but once you've tried it you won't look back. There's no kneading required, so its super-easy. We’ve topped our pizza with prosciutto and rocket, but try this base with your favourite toppings

By Janine Ratcliffe

Published: June 23, 2015 at 10:38 am

Try this recipe for overnight pizza, then check out our margherita pizza, pepperoni pizza, no-knead pizza dough and more impressive pizza recipes.

Ingredients

active dried yeast ¼ tsp
golden caster sugar ½ tsp
plain flour 500g, plus more for dusting
salt 1 tsp
olive oil
garlic 1 clove, sliced

TOPPING

olive oil
tinned cherry tomatoes 400g tin
mozzarella 1 ball, torn
prosciutto 8 slices
rocket 2 handfuls

Method

Step 1

Mix the yeast with the sugar and 400ml warm water, then leave for 5 minutes. Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Gradually mix in the liquid and form a claggy, rough dough (there’s no need to knead). Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave in a coolish spot in the kitchen overnight (but not in the fridge). Make the pizza sauce. Sizzle the garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil then tip in the tomatoes. Simmer for 12-15 minutes until the sauce is thick, then leave to cool.
Step 2

Tip the dough out onto a floured surface. It will be very sticky and bubbly.
Step 3

Bring together in a rough dough by adding a little extra flour – the less flour you add, the puffier the dough will be.
Step 4

Divide into 2 with a sharp knife.
Step 5

Drop a piece of dough onto an oiled baking tray.
Step 6

Push and stretch into a rough pizza shape.
Step 7

Heat the oven to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9. Spread a thin layer of sauce over each pizza – not too much otherwise it’ll be soggy (you can freeze the rest to use another time).
Step 8

Top with the mozzarella and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until puffed and golden. To finish, tear over the prosciutto, scatter with rocket and drizzle with a little olive oil.