Mini Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 375 gr/ 3 cups all-purpose plain flour
- 7gr dry yeast (1 sachet)
- 5 ml/ 1 tsp. salt
- 10 ml/ 2 tsp. sugar
- 240 ml / 8 fl. oz. / 1 cup warm milk
- 15 ml/ 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 50 gr / 2 oz. butter, melted
- For the filling:
- 3 small tomatoes, deseeded and finely chopped
- Handful – about 15- green and black olives, roughly chopped
- 200 gr / 7 oz. / 2 cups grated mozzarella or cheddar cheese
- 15 ml / 1 tbsp. olive oil
- For the topping:
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F
- Combine the warm milk, sugar and dry yeast in a small bowl and mix well. Let it stand for 5 minutes so that it gets foamy.
- Stir in the flour and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the middle.
- Add the melted butter and slowly pour in the milk & yeast mixture.
- Knead well with your hands for a few minutes, until the dough comes together. Have a drizzle (about 1 tbsp.) of olive oil in your hands if the dough gets too sticky; knead and shape the dough like a ball.
- Place the dough in the large bowl and cover with a cling film and a tea towel. Let it rise in a warm place for 45-60 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Prepare the filling while the dough is rising. Deseed the tomatoes and olives and chop finely. Place them in a medium sized bowl and stir in the grated cheese and olive oil. Combine and mix well. Set the filling aside.
- Once the dough has risen, punch down and divide 3 equal pieces and roll into balls.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out each of the ball of dough with a rolling pin into thin flat rounds in ⅓ cm (0.14”) width. Using a round mold or round glass of 8 cm/3” in diameter, cut the flat dough into circles. Repeat until all the dough is used.
- Line baking parchment paper on your baking tray and place the dough circles on it. Using your finger, make a little dent in the middle of each dough circle.
- Place a dessert spoonful of filling in each dough circle (in and around the dent).
- Brush the pastries with the beaten egg and bake in the preheated oven (180 C/ 350 F) for 15 minutes or until golden around the edges.
- Serve hot immediately. This recipe makes 35 mini pizzas;
