Ingredients
- 40 ml olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 1 birds eye chilli, halved
- 25g butter
- 2 small leeks, halved lengthwise and then thinly sliced across
- 30g parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 100g mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1 ½ Tbsp finely chopped oregano
- 1 ½ Tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 60g good quality blue cheese, crumbled
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- For the dough:
- 300g strong white flour
- 7g dried yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 180ml lukewarm water
- 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
- Alternativley get some dough balls from Slice of Heaven or sour dough pizza bases from Breads & More
Vendors
Tags
Baking
Vegetarian
Leek
BlueCheese
LEEK AND BLUE CHEESE PIZZA BREAD
Method
- 1
- Put the olive oil, garlic and chilli in a small bowl and set aside to infuse the oil
- 2
- If making the dough: combine the flour, yeast and salt in a bowl, then stir in the water and oil
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-8 minutes, until smooth and elastic
- Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling film and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size
- 3
- Meanwhile, heat the butter in a small frying pan, add the leeks and cook over a low to medium heat for about 10 minutes, until soft but not coloured
- Season with salt and pepper
- Remove from the heat and leave to cool
- 4
- Place 2 heavy-based baking sheets or terracotta tiles in the oven and preheat the oven to 250C
- Combine the parmesan, mozzarella and herbs in a small bowl
- 5
- Cut 4 sheets of baking paper, each large enough to hold a 22cm pizza
- Divide the risen dough into 4
- 6
- Dust the pieces of baking paper with a little flour and roll out each piece of dough on the paper, making a round 22cm in diameter
- Brush with the flavoured oil and scatter with the cheese mixture, followed by the leeks, then the blue cheese
- 7
- Slide one pizza, still on the paper, onto each hot baking sheet or tile and bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden
- 8
- Serve immediately
- Cook the remaining pizzas in the same way
Comments
Leeks are so versatile, use them as you would onions. Try them melted together with a good blue cheese. It really is a combination made in heaven!
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