Name: Recipe: Higher Fibre Spelt Pizza
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 132 min
Yield: 3 25cm crusts
Ingredients: 30 g Spelt Porridge flakes (soaked in 30g of water for about an hour); 2 tsp dried yeast; 200 ml warm water; 150 g whole grain spelt flour; 150 g white bread flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbs oil – olive / rapeseed / hemp etc.; Polenta & your choice of pizza toppings.

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A delicious homemade pizza base made with wholegrain spelt with some extra fibre. Healthier fakeaways.

Sunday night is usually pizza night, we like routine. Pizza washed down with a glass of wine (or two) is a ritual end to the weekend. If we have been away for the weekend we do get the occasional delivery, but will often make our own. Pizza dough is easy to make, and making your own is far more frugal than a delivery. Also, you can pick the exact toppings you want and arrange them to accommodate all tastes and preferences (anchovies and capers are both more essential to my life than they are to others).

I have only recently realised that there are two types of dried yeast, some need to be activated in water before adding to the flour. Check the packet to see which you have.

I added spelt porridge flakes to the dough for some extra texture. Feel free to leave out.

5 from 1 vote

Recipe: Higher Fibre Spelt Pizza

Prep Time

2 hrs

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

2 hrs 12 mins

A delicious homemade pizza base made with wholegrain spelt with some extra fibre. Healthier fakeaways.

Course: Light Meal, Main meal

Cuisine: Fusion, Italian

Keyword: Higher Fibre Spelt Pizza, pizza

Servings: 3 25cm crusts

Calories: 463 kcal

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Ingredients

30 g Spelt Porridge flakes soaked in 30g of water for about an hour
2 tsp dried yeast
200 ml warm water
150 g whole grain spelt flour
150 g white bread flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbs oil – olive / rapeseed / hemp etc.
Polenta & your choice of pizza toppings.

Instructions

Pour the water into bowl, add the yeast and swirl until it is dissolved, leave for 5 mins if needed to activate it. Add the other ingredients.
Knead with the dough hook attachment of your mixer on the lowest speed for about 4 minutes until a smooth stretchy dough has formed (if you knead by hand it will take longer).
Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for a few hours. It should more than double in size.
Turn out onto a floured board of worktop and gently knock the dough back. Divide the dough into 3.
Gently shape each quantity of dough into a pizza shapes on a baking tray or pizza stone liberally sprinkled with polenta to stop sticking.
Spread with tomato sauce (I used my high fibre tomato and lentil sauce), arrange your toppings and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake in a very hot oven (GM7 / 220c / 425F) for about 12 minutes until the cheese is bubbling and the pizza is golden around the edges.

Nutrition Facts

Recipe: Higher Fibre Spelt Pizza

Amount Per Serving

Calories 463 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7g 11%

Sodium 842mg 35%

Potassium 135mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 83g 28%

Dietary Fiber 10g 40%

Sugars 1g

Protein 13g 26%

Vitamin A 5%

Calcium 1.3%

Iron 41.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Beware how much hotter it will be than delivered pizza, I burned the roof of my mouth horribly the last time I made homemade pizza!

I have been baking with spelt for some years now, and usually use British grown spelt from Sharpham Park in Somerset. Spelt is naturally high in fibre and for this year’s National Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Sharpham Park have partnered with Bowel Cancer UK to launch Great British Spelt Recipes a collection of delicious high fibre dishes.

Diet has been identified as one of the most important factors in the development of bowel cancer, and a diet high in fibre is one of the most important ways of ensuring bowel health. Research from the British Medical Journal shows that consuming 3 servings (90g) of wholegrains a day results in a reduction in risk of bowel cancer of about 20%.

As well as flour Sharpham Park produce a collection of delicious spelt cereals, porridges and pearled spelt, and I’ll be blogging some more high fibre spelt recipes this month.

Many thanks to Sharpham Park for inviting me to the launch of Great British Spelt Recipes, and for the samples of a selection of their products.

If you are worried about bowel cancer, or would like to know more, then please visit Bowel Cancer UK’s website.

Kenwood Chef Classic Range – Image from Kenwood

I always use my much loved Fi Fi La Firecracker Kenwood K-Mix for making dough and recently went to the launch of their new 1970’s inspired retro Kenwood Chef Classic Range, all the advantages of the modern machines with the style of the old (which were on display).