I have been making this basic recipe for a few years now and make lots of versions of this adding extras. I live in the UK and pizza flavour cheese powder and pizza seasoning are not available to me so I substitute these big flavours. I use various combinations of the following when I make this bread grated garlic, fresh or defrosted frozen, Parmesan or Pecorino cheese, herbs i use dried mixed Italian herbs, oregano, thyme, or rosemary obviously i do not use all these ingredients at once but they all add great flavour in varying combinations. My kids fav is when i add cheddar or feta cheese to the mix and then when in the pan before the first rise i put teaspoons of sundried tomato paste and basil pesto alternately on top about an inch/3cms apart i then just let the dough rise around these. once risen sprinkle the top with Parmesan and a little olive oil. Made this at least twice a week last winter, great with home made soup.

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