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Perfect footie pizza recipe

Perfect footie pizza recipe

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Prepare this pizza in advance then enjoy it in the football half time break... if nerves allow! The homemade dough is topped with a gorgeous silky butternut squash purée as well as salami, mozzarella and tomatoes. See method

  • Serves 2
  • 20 mins to prepare and 40 mins to cook, plus proving
  • 1143 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp fast-action dried yeast
  • 2 tsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing
  • 280g strong bread flour, plus extra for kneading
  • ¼ tsp caster sugar

For the purée and toppings

  • 600g butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into equal-sized wedges
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1-2 tbsp semolina or polenta
  • 10 slices German salami
  • 1 x 150g pack mozzarella
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • chilli and garlic dipping oil or olive oil, to serve
  • a few basil leaves, to serve
If you don't have any butternut squash, try sweet potato

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    4805kj
    1143kcal     57%

  • Fat

    48g 68%

  • Saturates

    18g 89%

  • Sugars

    18g 20%

  • Salt

    4.6g 76%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 146g Protein 42g Fibre 8g

Method

  1. Put the yeast in a bowl with 150ml (5 1/4fl oz) warm water and the oil, and set aside to dissolve.
  2. Put the flour, sugar and 1/2 tsp salt in another bowl, make a well and pour in the yeast. Mix, turn out and knead on a floured surface for 5 minutes. Put in an oiled bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
  3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to gas 5, 190°C, fan 170°C and put a large baking tray inside.
  4. To make the purée, toss the squash in 2 tbsp oil; season. Put on the hot tray and roast for 25-30 minutes, until soft. In a food processor, blitz until smooth. Leave to cool.
  5. Turn up the oven to gas 9, 240°C, fan 220°C. Halve the dough. On a floured surface, roll out both halves into 30cm circles. Transfer to 2 baking sheets dusted with semolina. Spread each base with purée and top with the salami, mozzarella and tomatoes.
  6. Bake the pizzas for 12-14 minutes. To serve, drizzle with the oil and top with the basil.

Little help

For a rounder pizza base, keep the rolling pin horizontal when rolling out, turning the base regularly.

Leftovers

Use a handful of leftover basil to make pesto – blend in a food processor with a glug of olive oil, a tablespoon of pinenuts and a handful of grated Parmesan.


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