30 Oct
Antipasto Pizza with Pitted Kalamata Olives
Recipe by Michelle Southan,
Photography by Ben Dearnley,
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time ; 25 minutes
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 2 red capsicums, quartered, deseeded
- 2 pieces (20cm/7.90 inch-diameter) Lebanese bread
- 80ml/2.70 Oz (1/3 cup) passata (tomato pasta sauce)
- 4 marinated artichokes, drained on paper towel, quartered
- 80g/2.85 Oz (1/2 cup) pitted kalamata olives
- 8 cherry bocconcini, torn in half
- 100g/3.55 Oz baby spinach leaves, to serve
Method:
- Preheat grill on high. Place the capsicum, skin-side up, on a baking tray. Cook under grill for 6-8 minutes or until charred and blistered.
- Transfer to a sealable plastic bag. Set aside for 5 minutes (this helps lift the skin). Peel and thickly slice.
- Preheat oven to 220°C. Place the Lebanese bread on a baking tray and spread with the passata.
- Top with capsicum, artichoke and olives. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until pizza bases are crisp and light brown.
- Scatter the bocconcini over the pizzas and bake for a further 3-4 minutes or until the bocconcini begins to melt.
- Serve pizzas immediately with baby spinach leaves, if desired.