Bolognese Ingredients

It's time to try a Bolognese. I'm keeping it simple for my first time. Here's the ingredients

• handful of mince (not shown (it was defrosting in the micro))
• mushrooms (chopped finely to hide them from a fussy 12yr old who wanted some pizza without mushrooms on)
• red onion, finely chopped
• green pepper finely chopped

Pizza base mix

I've used my normal recipe for the base, here's another reminder

• 225g Self Raising Flour
• 45ml of olive oil
• 90ml warm water
• 1/2 tsp salt

I've added some oregano to the mix too as an experiment to give it a little flavour.

Into the frying pan

Fry the onions till soft, add the mince and brown it off before adding the rest, mushrooms and peppers. I've also added a tin of chopped tomatoes (drain them well) and some tomato puree.

You'll need to cook this till it's cooked through but try to keep it dry otherwise your pizza base will go all soggy.

Rolled out the Base

Mix up the dough base while the bolognese mix is cooking. Here's mine rolled out ready for the topping. You can see the oregano in there and the extra virgin olive oil has gave it a different colour to the normal olive oil I've used in the past.

Add all your lovely Bolognese and top with Cheese

Here's the best bit, adding the toppings. I've used the normal mix for the tomato sauce ie, tomatoe puree, peri peri sauce and garlic ketchup but only in small amounts, remember I was sharing it with a fussy 12yr old.

I let the bolognese mix cool a little before spooning it out and finally topping it off with grated mozzy cheese. yummy

Whack it in the Oven

Pop it in the oven (gas mark 7, or 220) until done. (pre heat the oven), I must say it looks good enoug to eat :)

Suggestions

Add some jalapenos or chillis to spicen it up. Some people add an oxo cube to their bolognese. Use some of the garlic and chilli sauces as a dip for the pizza.

Make it really spicy and serve with ice cold diet pepsi and watch a film or play free bingo games with your friends and loved ones.