PRAWN PIZZA

Prawn pizza. Nothing beats homemade pizza! We love this fishy one topped with prawns and fennel and fragrant basil.

Recipe courtesy Seafood from Norway

Prep and cooking time: 50-60 minutes

Serves: 2

Skill level: Easy

Ingredients

500g prawns, peeled

Pizza dough

500g flour
300ml warm water
3tbsp oil
1/2 pack of dried yeast
1tsp salt

Sauce
1 onion
1/2 fennel bulb
2tbsp olive oil
2tsp tomato puree
400g canned chopped tomatoes
3tbsp chopped basil
salt and pepper

Salsa verde

200ml olive oil
1 lemon
2 cloves of garlic
1handful of parsley
salt and pepper

Topping

1/2 fennel bulb
300g grated cheese
1 handful of basil

Method

• Mix all of the dough ingredients together in a food processor and let it knead the dough until it is firm but still a little sticky.
• Leave to prove in a warm place for at least 30 minutes (preferably a few hours), covered with a tea towel if you want to make a big pizza. If you would prefer to make individual pizzas, then first shape into two round dough balls before leaving to prove. Make the sauce while the dough is proving.
• Finely chop the onion and half of the fennel and fry in olive oil until transparent. (Thinly slice the remaining half of the fennel using a mandolin or a cheese slicer and place in ice-cold water in the fridge for an extra crispy topping).
• Stir in the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and basil and allow to simmer for a few minutes.
• Transfer to a bowl, ready to use.

Make the salsa verde, which is great as an extra dressing on top of the prawn pizza.

• Pour olive oil into a bowl.
• Wash the lemon and grate its zest into the oil.
• Then chop the lemon and squeeze half its juice into the oil together with the finely chopped garlic and parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  Pizza
• Roll out the dough on parchment paper and place on a large baking tray – or press out individual pizzas. Flour your work surface with a little semolina flour and press out the dough in a circular motion as you turn it.
• Spread the sauce on the pizza, evenly sprinkle over the cheese and bake at 225 degrees for approximately 15 minutes in the centre of the oven. Place on a heated pizza stone if you have one, or bake on parchment paper on a baking tray.
• Top with prawns and fennel, drizzle over a little salsa verde and garnish with basil to serve.

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