Toddler recipe: homemade pizza with veggie faces

Pizza recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has flour, flour, yeast, salt, olive oil, tomato, garlic clove, thyme, cheddar, pepper, pepper, courgette, tomato, olives and sweetcorn.

Toddler recipe: homemade pizza with veggie faces

Toddler recipe: homemade pizza with veggie faces

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Pizza
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

25 mins

Ingredients

  • Garlic Clove: 1 small garlic clove
  • Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Pepper: 1 red pepper, cut into strips
  • Tomato: 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • Cheddar: 160g grated cheddar and mozzarella cheese
  • Courgette: 1 courgette, cut into rounds or spiralized
  • Thyme: pinch of dried thyme
  • Salt: 1/2 tsp salt
  • Flour: 150g wholemeal spelt flour
  • Sweetcorn: 1 can salt-free sweetcorn, drained
  • Yeast: 1 1/2 tsp dried fast action yeast
  • Olives: handful pitted olives

Directions

  1. To make the dough, put both flours into a large bowl, then stir in the yeast and salt. Make a well, pour in 400ml warm water and the olive oil and mix with a wooden spoon until you have a soft, fairly wet dough. Bring together with a light knead in the bowl then turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins until smooth. Cover with a tea towel and set aside. Leave the dough to rise if you have time but it's not essential for a thin crust.
  2. To make the sauce, blitz the tomatoes, garlic and thyme and a little seasoning, either in a food processor or using ahand blender.
  3. Heat oven to 240C/fan 220C/gas 8. Get the toppings ready in bowls so that your children can decorate their own.
  4. If the dough has had time to rise, give it a little knead in the bowl, then split into four balls. On a floured surface, roll out two of the balls into wide circles using arolling pin. The dough needs to be very thin as it will rise in the oven. Lift these onto two floured baking sheets or pizza trays.
  5. Smooth sauce over bases with a spoon. Scatter with cheese, then start making the faces. Courgette rounds make great eyes or cheeks, halved courgette rounds can be used for ears and spiralised courgette for hair. Strips of pepper are good for eyebrows and mouths while olives and halved cherry tomatoes make great eyes or earrings. Sweetcorn can be used for teeth or freckles. Let their imagination go wild.
  6. Cook for around 10-15 mins until crisp. You'll want to swap the pizzas to a lower shelf halfway through the cooking time.
  7. Repeat for the second two pizzas or freeze the balls of dough in two separate freezer bags, plus any remaining sauce in a sealed container.