KBB Challenge - Baking Pizza (Alternative version)

Who doesn't love Pizza?
Me. I don't.

I'd eat it but it will never be my first, second or even a third choice. Me and Roy do have the occasional Pizza night but it's more because he loves Pizza and I feel bad for not saying yes to his choice for once.
I like dough, I love tomatoes and I adore cheese. So why don't I like Pizza?? It's a mystery.

 

So this baking challenge is not exactly my cup of tea. Why? First, as mentioned above, I don't like Pizza. Second it involves yeast and kneading two things I just don't have the patience to do. Third, I'm a terrible baker with a long history of ruining fool proof recipes. However, since Roy loves Pizza I do have these guilty feeling in my guts for not letting him order Pizza as much as he wants to or for not making him one. So driven by the guilt, last year, I decided to try something new - a Mexican pizza (ish) dish. It's basically a tortilla tops with meat, red sauce and cheese and cook in the oven for 10 minutes, just enough to melt the cheese. Depending on what I have in the fridge, the topping varies from sliced beef steak to tinned sweer corn. This style of Pizza also works best with Panini or Ciabatta bread and serve it with fresh crisp salad.

Pizza Tortilla

Ingredients
Tortilla
Red Pesto (Green pesto works too)
A handfull of cherry tomatoes (or Plum tomatoes but avoid Salad or Beef tomatoes as they contain too much water and less flavour)
200 grams of Cheddar Cheese, grated.
200 grams of Mozarella, finely sliced.
50 grams of button mushroom, finely sliced.
A handful of chopped dried apricots (optional)
A handful of fresh basil

Method:

1. Turn the oven on to Gas 6
2. Spread one tablespoon of pesto on one tortilla then add the rest of the ingredients except basil and pepper.
3. Cook the Tortilla Pizza in the oven for 10 minutes (or less if you don't like your Tortilla Pizza extra crispy)
4. Take the Tortilla Pizza out of the oven, add black pepper and some basil leaves on the topping.
5. Serve warm

Spring!

I love Spring. Everything changes daily from the moment the snow started to melt ,the new buds and snow drops to extended daylight. But my most favorite spring things are the spring vegetables and fruits. Finally, after months of Leeks, Neeps and Tatties (Not that I dislike them I just would like a change) I can now see more than roots veggies in the market. Even the spring tatties has sprung! New potatoes are really the best this season and my favorite is still the one from Jersey, it's one of those potatoes that doesn't need a lot of work - just boil and serve it with a knob of butter. Delish.

I went to a market at the weekend and you should see what I got for a mere £5! A bunch of fresh asparagus (Devon grown apparently), a big bag of tomatoes (UK), a bag of mixed peppers (Dutch), a handful of limes and a kilo of Golden Delicious Apples. I will struggle to eat them all in a week but Roy and I have promised to try our best.
And I can't wait to go again this weekend (just) to see what I can get! Ooh, also because I saw the bluest blueberries on one of the grocerries but it was so expensive £4 for 250g so I'm hoping after a couple of days under the sun, my grocer would put the price down a bit.

Bring on Friday!




By the way, I'm going to endorse these Golden Delicious Apples as they are wonderful. Although I still prefer Royal Gala for sweetness, this type of apple is certainly a good change. And it certainly goes well colour-wise with my limes.