Jeanie's Totally Accidental (and Actually Fantastic) Wholemealish Pizza Crust!

I will allow my biggest fans, 'Salina and V, to sing the praises about the homemade pizzas that come out of our kitchen. In fact, since we have started such a trend, we have not troubled any pizza outlets with custom!

Last night, my mind went blank as to what my usual base recipe was, so I went in search of a wholemeal pizza crust recipe.

I found one from the Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland website but it felt a little too worthy (and really - only 2 pizzas!).

I also went through a new favourite blog, Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond and found a pizza base recipe - but the timeline was WAAAY over what I had available to me!

What to do? What to do?

Mix them up and see what happens, of course.

So I present to you - Jeanie's Totally Accidental (and Actually Fantastic) Wholemealish Pizza Crust!

In a jug, pour 1 cup warm water (blood temperature - test as for a baby's bottle on the wrist), stir in 2 tablespoons honey until dissolved and pour 1 sachet dried yeast over the top. Stir slightly and leave in a warm spot for 10 minutes until foamy.

In a bowl, sift (ha ha ha ha ha) pour 1 1/2 cups wholemeal flour, 1 1/4 cups plain flour and a good pinch of salt. Add the yeast mixture, a dash of vinegar and a couple of tablespoons of oil.

Mix it all up and get a dough happening. If you need more liquid, add some water - mine was a little moist, so I added some more wholemeal to the bowl.

Once it had taken as much as it could, I emptied it onto the bench to knead it well. I put it into an oiled bowl in a warm spot for about 20 minutes, which was as much time as I could allow (ah, one of the few detractions to procrastination, hey?)

I then got to punch it down and split it in to 3 balls to roll out and top.

Once topped (and man, we put some scrummy toppings on) bake in a 200 ish oven for 20-25 minutes and eat until you explode - or preferably, one mouthful before.

Our toppings last night were -

• tomato paste, ham, salami, roast sweet potato, grated carrot, grated zucchini and grated mozzarella;
• tomato paste, ham, roast garlic, roast zucchini, fetta, roast sweet potato, capsicum, onion, olives, anchovies (only on my half) and grated mozzarella; and
• tomato paste, salami, olives, fetta and grated mozzarella.

Enjoy - we certainly did!!! (Oh, and sorry for no photos - we ate it all before documentation!)