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Pizza Muffins

How To is from Taste - Updated 16/09/2021

(12 servings + 30 minutes prep + 20 minutes cook)

Recipe may contain gluten, milk, wheat and lactose.

Ingredients: 

- 1 1/3 cups plain flour, plus extra for dusting

- 7g sachet dry yeast

- 1/4 tsp caster sugar

- Pinch of salt

- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

- 1/4 cup pizza sauce

- 1 1/4 cups grated Devondale Mozzarella Cheese Block (500g)

- 12 fresh basil leaves, plus extra to serve

- 250g cherry tomatoes, halved (see topping variations in Notes)

-  1/4 tsp mixed herbs

RECIPE NOTES

For additional pizza muffin flavours:

SALAMI, RED ONION AND RED CAPSICUM: Replace cherry tomatoes with 50g thinly sliced salami, 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced and ¼ small red capsicum, finely chopped.

Nutrition: (each) 704kJ; 7.7g fat; 2.9g sat fat; 6.9g protein; 17g carbs; 1.1g fibre; 12mg chol; 160mg sodium.

RICOTTA, HAM AND MUSHROOM: Replace cherry tomatoes with 1/4 cup smooth ricotta, 50g shaved leg ham, finely chopped, 50g button mushrooms, sliced, 2 tablespoons sliced kalamata olives and a large pinch of dried chilli flakes.

Method: 

Preheat oven to 200 C/180 C fan-forced. Grease a 12-hole (1/3-cup-capacity) muffin pan.

2. Combine flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Make a well. Whisk oil and 2/3 cup warm water in a jug. Add to well. Mix to form a soft, sticky dough. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 8 to 10 minutes or until dough springs back when touched.

3. Roll out dough until 5mm thick. Using a 7cm round cutter, cut 12 rounds from dough, re-rolling and cutting trimmings if needed. Line holes of prepared pan with dough rounds, pushing into pan to come 3/4 up side of each hole.

4. Spread pizza sauce over base and sides of pizza bases. Sprinkle with a little of the mozzarella. Top each pizza base with a basil leaf, then tomato. Sprinkle with remaining cheese, then dried herbs. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until bases are golden and cheese is melted. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Carefully transfer to a baking paper-lined wire rack to cool. Serve warm or cold.

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