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Stale bread pizzette

The toppings on these pizzette can be made from whatever you have on hand. Don’t worry too much about measurements- just go with whatever looks good.

  • serves

    4

  • prep

    20 minutes

  • cook

    30 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

4

people

preparation

20

minutes

cooking

30

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 5 round stale bread rolls, cut in half
  • 200 g canned baby Roma tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • 4 anchovy fillets
  • 2 slices mortadella or smoked ham
  • 2-3 artichoke hearts, quartered
  • 4 green prawns, peeled and deveined, tails left in tact
  • 2-3 baby zucchini with their blossoms, cut in half lengthways
  • 2-3 tsp spicy 'nduja
  • 2 tbsp pitted Ligurian olives
  • 6-7 bocconcini
  • 2-3 tbsp fresh ricotta
  • grating of ricotta salata or pecorino
  • basil leaves 
Marinara sauce
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 2-3 sprigs oregano
  • 500 ml (2 cups) passata
  • sea salt, to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2. For the marinara sauce, heat the olive in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and oregano and cook for a few minutes or until just fragrant but not coloured. Add the passata, 200 ml water and a good pinch of salt. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Set aside.

3. Meanwhile, dampen the cut side of the bread rolls with water, then flatten them with the palm of your hand and place on a large baking tray lined with baking paper. Top 4 halves with a few tinned baby Roma tomatoes and a little of their juices, then top 2 of those halves with capers, anchovies and a drizzle of oil, and the other 2 halves with mortadella, artichoke hearts and a little salt.

4. Spread the remaining bread halves with the marinara sauce. Top 2 halves with prawns, salt and olive oil, another 2 halves with baby zucchini and anchovies and the remaining 2 halves with 'nduja, olives and a little salt and olive oil. Bake for 15 minutes, then add a few bocconcini to the artichoke and mortadella pizzette, another few to the anchovy and caper pizzette and a little ricotta onto the ‘nduja and olives ones. Bake for 5-6 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the top is slightly golden. Take out of the oven drizzle each slice with a little olive oil and top with basil leaves or oregano and grate a little ricotta salata over the baby zucchini and anchovy pizzette.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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Published 19 December 2023 4:04pm
By Silvia Colloca
Source: SBS



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