Pizza -exposing the myths

Pizza has some bad press and it is not entirely fair. It is true that the Pizza most of us get to eat is either a) a frozen, cardboard like disc with some white grated plastic and red sauce on top. or b)A fat saturated bath sponge of a plateful, crammed with empty calories and saturated fats. But real traditional Pizza is not like that at all and can be a healthy food  as well as being the perfect food for sharing. A certain high street Pizza restaurant makes their deep pan Pizza using no less than 800g of dough! That is over 1 1/2 pounds of dough! Guess what the cheapest ingredient in a Pizza is? The dough of course. Now traditionally, Pizzas are made with a thin base (our large Pizza uses no more than 180g of dough, rolled out to about 3mm thin) and then topped with good quality fresh ingredients, including vegetables and not too heavy on the cheese. Healthy balanced and nutritious!