Christmas tree pizza recipe

    Christmas tree pizza recipe

    Serves:

    Ingredients

    • 4 slices leg ham
    • 1/3 punnet (80g) cherry tomatoes
    • 4 cherry bocconcini
    • 1/2 cup (125g) chargrilled capsicums
    • 1/2 bunch English spinach
    • 1 medium pizza base
    • 1/2 cup (125ml) tomato passata
    • 1 cup (125g) grated pizza cheese

    Method

    Step 1
    Preheat oven to 240°C (220°C fan-forced). Use a small pastry cutter to cut circles from the ham. Slice cherry tomatoes in half and bocconcini into rounds. Slice capsicum into thin strips.

    Step 2
    Pick spinach leaves from stems and wash them well, then slice. Pour over boiling water to wilt. Drain.

    Step 3
    Place pizza base on a lined baking tray and top with passata and pizza cheese.

    Step 4
    Place kitchen string across pizza to divide it into four quarters and act as a guide. Decorate each quarter with the ingredients to represent a Christmas tree. Place a cherry tomato in the top corner for the star. Place mounds of wilted spinach as branches. Use capsicum as a tinsel garland. Use ham and tomatoes as baubles. Finally, dot empty spaces with bocconcini slices.

    Step 5
    Remove string. Bake pizza for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and slice into quarters.

    Step 6
    Remove two pieces of the crust from each slice, leaving the middle section intact to represent the tree trunk.

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    Note

    • This recipe makes one regular pizza. Increase the quantities if you’re making more.
    • Blanching the spinach first prevents it from going dry in the oven.
    • Recipe by Greer Worsley, who blogs at Typically Red.

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