Pizza alla rustica

To make authentic sicilian pizza, you will need: Cold water, 1 kilo of 00 grain flour, 50g yeast for the dough, a tin of tomatos and some dried basil and garlic for the topping, and lavish amounts of provola cheese or mozzarella.


1.Firstly, Granny makes the dough, and leaves it to rise for about 30mins.

2.Meanwhile, she makes the sugo with toms, basil and garlic.




3.She then pummels the dough once it has risen and pours it into the pan.

4.Its then squeezed into shape and has chunks of provola liberally 'sprinkled';



5.The tomato sugo is smeared on top, the final touches of olive oil added and hey presto! its ready for the oven.

20 mins later it appears in its glorious- and rustic- entirety.