How to make Delicia Bale’s mozzarella and cherry tomato pizza

Nutritionist Delicia Bale’s new cookbook, Unprocessed Made Easy, provides easy swaps to reduce the ultra-processed foods you eat – including pizza.

“This pizza recipe features a wholemeal, Greek yogurt dough that is packed with protein, making it a really satisfying meal,” says Bale. “The pizza sauce is also simple to make yourself. I prefer using tinned cherry tomatoes for some recipes as I find them sweeter and much more flavourful.”

Mozzarella and cherry tomato pizza

Ingredients:
(Makes 1 large pizza)

For the dough:
300g Greek yogurt
135g self-raising flour
135g wholemeal flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
½tsp dried oregano
½tsp garlic granules
Pinch of salt
1tbsp olive oil

For the pizza sauce:
200g tinned cherry tomatoes
2tbsp tomato paste
½tsp Italian herbs
½tsp chilli flakes
Salt and black pepper

For the toppings:
1-2 balls of mozzarella, sliced
Handful of cherry vine tomatoes, sliced
½tsp chilli flakes
Chopped basil

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

2. Put the Greek yogurt, self-raising and wholemeal flours, bicarbonate of soda, oregano, garlic granules and salt in a bowl and mix gently until they are combined.

3. Roll the ball out into a thin circle around one centimetre thick and then use your fingers to form a crust around the edge. You may need to use some flour to stop it sticking to the surface.

4. Transfer to a large baking tray, drizzle with the olive oil and bake for 10-12 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, blend the sauce ingredients together until smooth.

6. Remove the pizza from the oven and top with your sauce, the mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, some salt and pepper and the chilli flakes, then place back in the oven to bake for 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and the pizza is golden.

7. Serve topped with fresh chopped basil.

Unprocessed Made Easy by Delicia Bale ANutr is published in hardback by Ebury Press, priced £20. Photography by Delicia Bale. Available now