Spicy Chili Tuna Pizza

During COVID lockdown, we chose to stop eating out to stay safe so I decided to make my favorite pizzas at home. It is surprisingly easy to do and gives you the freedom to make it healthier and to use toppings that you love to eat. While you can purchase a pre-made pizza base from the supermarkets, making your own is pretty easy to do and the pizza turns out even more delicious. My nephew describes the homemade cheese pizza as "this is just amazing!".

Chilli Tuna Pizza is not something that we find easily at takeouts today but this was one that brings back a lot of memories. In Fiji, we used to get spicy, hot chili tuna pizza which was just the best. I recreated this using Sirena chili tuna and it is amazing.

I have listed my chili tuna pizza tipping as well as a basic pizza dough. Enjoy!

Basic Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

11/2 cups warm water

pinch sugar

1 sachet (7g) dried yeast

4 cups plain flour, plus extra for dusting

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup olive oil

Method:

1. In a small bowl, combine the water, yeast, and sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes. The mixture will become foamy.

2. In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt. Make a 'well' in the center and add in the yeast mixture and oil. With a flat spoon or round-bladed knife, use a cutting motion and combine the flour mixture.

3. Using your hands, bring the mixture together and knead it on a lightly floured surface, until smooth and elastic.

4. Lightly oil, place in a bowl, and cover. Leave in a warm place for at least 30 minutes. The dough will rise and double in size.

5. Knead on a lightly floured surface and divide it into half. Roll out and spread onto a 30 cm round pizza pan.

6. Cover with your favorite toppings and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 15 - 20 minutes.

Chillie Tuna Topping

Ingredients:

1 can chili tuna (Sirena Chili tune in oil)

1/2 brown onion sliced finely

1 tsp olive oil

1 ripe tomato, cut in half and slices

1 clove garlic crushed

fresh green chilies crushed

red chilies- sliced finely

1 red capsicum sliced finely

Tasty cheese or mozzarella cheese to top

2 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tbsp chili sauce

1/2 cup coriander, chopped

salt to taste

Method:

In a small fry pan, heat oil and saute onions until soft. Add chili tuna and fry for 2 minutes.

Cover the pizza base with tomato and chili sauce. Spread over the crushed garlic and chili.

Top with chili tuna mixture, tomatoes, capsicum, coriander, sliced red chilies and cheese

Add salt to taste

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until topping is golden.

Enjoy with a fresh garden salad!