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Mouldy old dough

It's the end of jubilee weekend.....Martha's away for the night and I was trying to use up some of the stuff in the fridge.

 I saw this recipe by Stevie Parle in the Times and I rather liked the sound of this lighter tasting spin on pizza.

Unfortunately I didn't cook my dough until it was crispy enough and I didn't roll it thin enough for my taste... next time

.... And I am definitely going to do the minced lamb version

Ingredients 

1 batch of pizza dough
8 tbsp thick Greek yogurt or labne
4 ripe, sweet tomatoes
1tsp sumac
A handful of dill, mint, thyme and parsley
A pinch of Turkish chilli or 1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped
1 tbsp good olive oil

Method

Preheat the oven to its hottest setting (230-300C/450-475F/Gas 8-9) and place a pizza stone or a flat metal tray in to get hot.

Roll the dough out into eight discs a quarter-inch thick.

Slide each disc of dough onto the stone/tray, and cook for between three and eight minutes until light brown and a little crisp.

Remove from the oven and spread with yogurt, top with sliced tomatoes, a sprinkle of salt and sumac and then the herbs, roughly chopped.

Finally, add the chilli and a drizzle of olive oil.

Comments

luckiest1 said…
This sounds really nice. I have a lot of herbs growing in the garden so I might try this one day for a light lunch.

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