Pizza Pie

Pizza Pie

‘When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore’

Apparently the ‘pizza pie’ here is probably referring to a calzone Conor says, but that didn’t stop us making this yummy pizza pie! (like the Cake Pie)

Ingredients:

Dough:

- 3 cups flour

- 1 cup warm water with 2 packs yeast dissolved into it

- A wee drop of olive oil

Filling (though you can use whatever you like):

- 1/2 cup hummus

- 2 tbsp tomato puree

- 2 tomatoes

- 1/3 courgette

- 1/3 pepper

- 2 mushrooms

- 3 sundried tomatoes

- 2 spring onions

- 1/3 cup sweetcorn

- Herbs (to taste); oregano, basil, black pepper, garlic (about 3-4cloves)

1. Make the dough my adding the warm water with dissolved yeast to the flour. Form a ball, drizzle with olive oil so it doesn’t dry out and leave to rise.

2. Once risen, take 1/3 off the dough (to use as the top crust – roll out circularly). Roll the rest out circularly and place in a pie dish or similar to use as the bottom crust.

3. Blend the tomato puree, one tomato and garlic to give a thickish paste. Smooth this over the bottom crust. Next cover with a layer of hummus (you can make this very easily yourself too!).

4. Chop all vegetables and arrange as you would a pizza. Then wet the top sides of the bottom crust and cover with the other layer of dough. Using a fork, go around the edges to connect the two parts.

5. Poke a small few holes with the fork in the crust and decorate as you like. Then put in an oven at 180⁰ for 20-30mins or until lightly brown.

This is probably the best form to have pizza in I feel, the hummus making it so creamy... Why don't people put hummus on pizza more often? The pizza, lacking cheese, is now no longer something really 'unhealthy' (as pizza is often perceived to be). Besides, one of the most delicious combinations on pizza I've ever eaten was hummus and carrot pizza (seriously, so good!)