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A soft, bready pizza base made from grated courgette, ground almonds, eggs and parmesan, spread on a tray and baked, then topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Equipment: Baking tray, baking paper, grater, clean tea towel
Measures and names
Ingredients
- 1 courgette (zucchini), about 200 g
- 100 g ground almonds
- 3 eggs
- 30 g grated parmesan
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp salt, plus a pinch for the courgette
- 1 tsp olive oil, for the paper
- 3 tbsp tomato purée (tomato paste)
- 2 tbsp water
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- A pinch of garlic granules
- Salt
- 100 g grated mozzarella
Optional extras
- 1 small handful of fresh basil leaves, to finish
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C). Line a baking tray with baking paper and brush it with the oil.
- Coarsely grate the courgette, toss with a pinch of salt and leave for 5 minutes. Tip into a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much water as you can.
- Mix the courgette with the ground almonds, eggs, parmesan, oregano and ½ tsp salt to make a thick batter.
- Spread the batter on the paper into a 25 cm round about 1 cm thick. Bake for 15–18 minutes until golden and firm.
- While the base bakes, mix the tomato purée with the water, oregano, garlic granules and a pinch of salt to make the sauce.
- Spread the sauce over the base, leaving a small border, and scatter over the mozzarella. Bake for 8 minutes more until the cheese bubbles. Scatter over the basil and cut into slices.
Swaps and tips
Squeezing the courgette is the step that matters; skip it and the middle stays wet. Ground sunflower seeds work in place of the almonds if you need it nut-free. The base is soft rather than crisp, so eat it with a knife and fork or fold a slice in half. Like the mozzarella dough base this one is rich, so it suits a treat night rather than every week.
Easy variations
- Chicken and pepper (cooked chicken, red pepper, red onion)
- Tuna and red onion (a drained tin of tuna, red onion, olives)
- Mushroom and spinach (sliced mushrooms, wilted spinach, a little garlic)
- Egg and ham (ham, with an egg cracked into the middle for the last 8 minutes)
- Spicy (pepperoni or chorizo, jalapeños, chilli flakes)
- Greek (feta, olives, cherry tomatoes)
- Breakfast (bacon, egg, mushrooms)
Nutrition estimated, per serving
| Protein | Carbs | Fibre | Fat | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 g | 10 g | 8 g | 54 g | 698 kcal |
Values are estimates based on typical UK food composition data and will vary with brands and portion sizes.
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Recipe from healthshelf.org
