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20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.

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12 simple pizzas and flatbreads that are better (and faster) than takeaway

From low-effort bases to high-reward toppings, these pizzas and flatbreads are so easy you can master them even on the laziest day.

12 recipes
Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickle.
EASY

These spiced lamb flatbreads aren’t just fast, they’re a flavour bomb

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Italian summer ‘salad leaf’ pizza.
EASY

This Italian summer ‘salad leaf’ pizza is the ultimate marriage of comfort and freshness

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.
EASY

This 20-minute puttanesca pizza is bold, briny and barely any work

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli.
EASY

Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Mexican street corn pizza
EASY

Mexican street corn pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Using store-bought dough gives you a fast track to American-style pepperoni deep-dish pizza.
EASY

American-style deep-dish pizza with pepperoni and piquillo peppers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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If you can’t find chervil to top your pizza, try parsley or basil instead.
EASY

Pizza bianco with white anchovy and summer herbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Potato and asparagus pizza with sauce gribiche.
EASY

Potato and asparagus pizza with sauce gribiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
20-minute pizza alla norma.
EASY

20-minute pizza alla Norma

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Five-ingredient smoky eggplant, broccolini and 'nduja pizza recipe.
EASY

Five-ingredient smoky eggplant, broccolini and ’nduja pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato.
EASY

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Fast sumac beef and spinach pide.
EASY

Fast sumac beef and spinach pide

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook