Lighter pizza

⏱️ 40 min 👥 2 servings 📊 Medium
Italian dinner, lunch
Lighter pizza
Nutrition per Serving
360
Calories
15g
Protein
44g
Carbs
15g
Fat

Following a healthy diet but craving pizza? This lighter version has a thin and crisp base, a rich but light tomato sauce and is topped with creamy mozzarella, rocket and a little parmesan

📝 Ingredients

  • 1 packet pizza base mix about 145g
  • olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 400 g tin plum tomatoes drained
  • 1/2 small ball mozzarella sliced
  • 50 g rocket
  • (or vegetarian alternative) to serve parmesan shavings

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Heat the oven to 220c/fan 200c/gas 7. Make up the pizza base following pack instructions. Roll out to a large circle (about 22cm) and put on a non-stick heavy baking sheet for 10 minutes to puff up a bit.
  2. 2Heat a non-stick frying pan with 1 tbsp olive oil, add the garlic and cook for a minute. Add the tomatoes, season, then cook, squashing down the tomatoes with a fork until broken down and thickened. Cool.
  3. 3Spread the tomatoes over the pizza base and top with mozzarella. Bake for 20 minutes until puffed and golden. To serve, scatter over the rocket and parmesan shavings.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by olivemagazine.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.