We all know by now that you could cook a frozen pizza in the air fryer if it would fit in.
But what about a quick pizza base from scratch, topped with your favourites and a generous helping of cheese?
You can’t beat a homemade, from-scratch pizza base, and it would be awesome if you could make it the perfect size for your air fryer basket. But can you cook a fresh dough pizza base from scratch in the air fryer?
Yes
Yes, you can cook freshly made pizza dough in the air fryer.
Then top it with a tomato-based sauce and your favourite toppings, not forgetting the cheese. It’s a great alternative to ordering pizza, and little helpers can get involved and learn that not all pizzas are grown in cardboard boxes. See our air fryer fresh pizza base tips to make it happen.
Pizza Base Tips
Airfryer Pizza Base Cooking Tips
Template
Use the removable lower tray from your air fryer basket for templating your pizza dough’s shape. Whether you roll or stretch, the tray or base of the basket will help you make it a perfect fit for the next step.
The Flip
Cook one side of the pizza base in the air fryer before flipping it over and partially cooking on the other. This will ensure the base is well-cooked and not doughy at the bottom. It is impossible to circulate the air fully with a full basket, so flipping the base over means it will cook on both sides.
Easy Tomato
Tip the cooked pizza dough base onto a wire tray to add the tomato sauce layer. It’s much easier to spread the tomato sauce on with the cooked base out of the air fryer basket.
Then pop the base with its tomato covering back in the basket before dropping on your toppings.
Cook
Return the basket to the air fryer and cook until the cheese has melted and it looks how you want your pizza to look.
Enjoy
Enjoy your efforts and not a cardboard box in sight.