With the warming weather and longer days, picnics are calling and you want easy to eat, tastyfood. Pizza-type dishes like this are fantastic as you can top them with almost anything you like.
Photo: Simon Lambert
Rocket, tomato, mozzarella puff pastry pizza
Serves 8
Ingredients
500g puff pastry
300g fresh mozzarella, sliced into rounds
2-3 tomatoes, sliced into rounds
6 basil leaves, torn,
handful fresh rocket leaves
¼ cup olives, stones removed
1-2 tsp balsamic vinegar
extra virgin olive oil
Method
Heat oven to 180degC.
To make the pizza base, roll the pastry out so it is about 20cm by 20cm.
Using a sharp knife, mark out a rectangular border around the pizza base from the edge. Press very gently with the blade so that you score the surface of the puff pastry without cutting all the way through.
Place the puff pastry pizza base on a sheet of baking paper. Place the tomato slices over the base, scatter over the basil leaves, then finish with the mozzarella.
Season with a little sea salt flakes and cracked pepper.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the pastry is crispy and golden.
Remove from the oven. Toss the rocket with the olives and balsamic dressing.
Cut the pizza into desired pieces and scatter dressed rocket over the top.
