Italian Pizza Recipes - Bacon Pizza (Pizza con Pancetta) Recipe

Ingredients       

• 1 quantity Spicy Pizza Dough

• Oil for greasing

• 60 ml/4 tbsp Basil Sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 200 g/7 oz/1 small can chopped tomatoes

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 100 g/4 oz Mozzarella cheese, sliced

• 4 bacon rashers (slices), rinded and roughly chopped

• 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh oregano

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Method:

1. Prepare the pizza base. Roll out to a 25 cm/10 in diameter circle on a floured surface and place on an oiled baking sheet.

2. Leave to rise in a warm place f6r 25 minutes. Spread the Basil Sauce over.

3. Heat the oil in a frying pan (skillet) and cook the chopped onion for 2 minutes.

4. Pour in the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes until the juice has evaporated. Season with the salt and pepper.

5. Spread the tomato mixture on to the pizza base up to 2 cm/1/4 in from the edge. Layover the sliced Mozzarella and the bacon.

6. Sprinkle with oregano and bake in a preheated oven at 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7 for 15-20 minutes until golden and bubbling.