Leftover Christmas tree pizza recipe is delicious to make and takes 20 minutes to cook
The food dish comes from Doves Farm and is a twist on the traditional recipe and is a great way to use up ingredients.
Sometimes Christmas doesn't have to be about pigs in blankets, mince pies and mulled wine. Thankfully there is more to festive food.
This Christmas tree pizze recipe is a fun and creative way to get the kids involved with cooking.
The food recipe comes from Doves Farm and makes two pizza, perfect for sharing with the little ones.
Cooks can pretty much add any toppings they like to the dish and is a great way to use up any leftover ingredients from Christmas. However, this recipe has recommend using tomatoes, peppers and pesto.
Even better the dish doesn't require many steps to make the dough.
How to make Christmas tree pizza:
Ingredients:
Wholemeal pizza dough:
- 250g Doves Farm Organic Strong Wholemeal Bread Flour
- One tsp quick yeast
- 175ml tepid water
- ½tsp salt
- Two tbsp oil
Christmas tree topping:
- 150g pesto
- 100g mini red or yellow tomatoes
- 100g mini mozzarella
- 10 olives, stoned
- 100g red, yellow or green pepper
- 100g cheese, grated
- One tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper
- Oil for tin
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Method:
For the wholemeal pizza dough, put the flour and yeast into a large bowl and blend them together. Pour in the water and stir until everything looks craggy and lumpy. Sprinkle the salt over the top and mix to combine.
Next, add the oil and stir into a doughy mass. Using your hands, gather the dough and knead it in the bowl for 100 presses.
Invert another bowl over the top and leave it in a warm place, for the dough to double in size, which will take about an hour. The dough can rest longer for a couple of hours if needed.
For the wholemeal Christmas tree pizza, rub some oil around the inside of two large baking trays or insert a baking liner. Knead the dough in the bowl for another 100 presses.
Divide the dough in half and put half on each tray. Cut a golf ball size piece of dough from each and set this aside.
Flatten the doughs into tall triangles. Pinch the top of each triangle to form the top of the tree. Working down either side of the dough’s, pinch the sides to create the branch tips.
Brush the pesto all over the dough trees. Position a golf ball of dough at the bottom of each triangle, shaping them to form the tree trunks. Slice the tomatoes, mozzarella and olives in half. Cut the pepper into one cm/⅜” cubes.
Grate the cheese. Scatter the tomato, mozzarella, olives, pepper and cheese over the pizza. Scatter the cheese and oregano over the top.
Cover loosely with a clean tea towel and leave in a warm place for 20 minutes. Remove the tea towel and bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve warm.
