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Potato crusted pizza
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Homemade pizza is always a treat, and with this recipe you don't need to spend hours over it.
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Serves: 4
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Prep time: 15 mins
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Cooking time: 35 mins
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
- Ingredients400g (14oz) large British maincrop potatoes, peeled
- 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp mixed dried herbs
- 150 ml (5fl oz) milk
Topping:
- 150g (5oz) broccoli florets
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- 75g (3oz) wafer thin ham
- 50g (2oz) smoked flavour cheese, grated
Method
- Cut the potatoes into even size pieces and boil for 15 minutes in lightly salted water until tender. Drain well and allow to cool, then mash.
- Meanwhile, cook the broccoli florets in a small pan of water for 3 minutes, drain and set aside
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl, add the potato and herbs and stir to combine. Add the milk and mix to form a soft dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly to form into a smooth ball
- Place on a greased baking sheet. Press out evenly to a 23cm/9" round. Put into the oven 225c/425f/Gas 7 to bake for 10 minutes. Remove the pizza base and lower the temperature of the oven to 200c/400f/Gas 6.
- Spread the tomato puree over the surface; arrange the tomatoes on top then scatter over the broccoli and ham. Finally add the cheese then bake in the oven for a further 8-10 minutes until the cheese has melted and the edge of the base is crisp.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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