Frying pan pizza

Frying pan pizza

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Prep: 10 mins Cook: 35 mins

Easy

Serves 4

Not good for you? Think again, this easy to make pizza is low fat and full of calcium

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Healthy
  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal331
  • fat12g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs49g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre3g
  • protein10g
  • salt0.89g
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Ingredients

  • 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks
  • 1 courgette, thickly sliced
    Courgette

    Courgette

    corr-zjet

    The courgette is a variety of cucurtbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…

  • 1 red onion, cut into wedges
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 2 tbsp olive oil, plus 1 tsp
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 5 tbsp fresh tomato pasta sauce
    Pasta

    Pasta

    pah-stah

    Pasta is the Italian name for Italy's version of a basic foodstuff which is made in many…

  • 50g cheddar, grated
    Cheddar

    Cheddar

    Ched-ah

    Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Place the pepper, courgette and red onion on a large non-stick baking tray and drizzle with 1 tsp olive oil. Season well and toss to combine. Roast in the oven for 20 mins until soft and beginning to brown. Set aside.

  2. Heat the grill to medium. Season the flour well and, in a large bowl, mix with the remaining oil and 4-5 tbsp water to form a soft dough. Knead briefly, then roll out on a floured surface to a rough 20cm circle. Transfer the dough to a large ovenproof, non-stick frying pan and fry over a medium heat for 5 mins, until the underside begins to brown. Turn over and cook for a further 5 mins. Spread the tomato sauce over the base, scatter with the roasted veg, then sprinkle with cheddar. Grill the pizza for 3-4 mins until cheese has melted. Serve immediately, sliced into wedges, with a large green salad.

  • Recipe Tip

    Make your own tomato sauce

    For a simple homemade tomato sauce, soften 1 chopped onion in a little olive oil, then add a 400g can chopped tomatoes, 1 tsp sugar and some seasoning. Simmer until thickened.

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snowsheep91
21st Sep, 2012
5.05
Also meant to say that I never roll the dough out - I always press it into the pan with my hand/knuckles. Much more rustic and less fuss I think!
snowsheep91
21st Sep, 2012
5.05
Seriously good recipe for uni students!! I use the base recipe as a way of making naan bread or my own bread to accompany dishes I serve. I have even been known just to eat the base - mix in a bunch of dried 'erbs, s&p and you're done. So good!
try-it-twice
27th Aug, 2012
3.05
Tasty, though I did as some reviewers suggested and used less flour and more oil and water than the recipe suggests. Also, I oven baked the base instead of frying it to save on washing up, then added the veg and oven baked to finish. Overall not a bad recipe, but in future I'll just buy pizza dough mix and do it that way.
sharppayne15
27th Aug, 2012
5.05
I have followed the recipe and also made a tomato based sauce and topped with more traditional toppings - both versions have gone down well with both adults and children
try-it-twice
27th Aug, 2012
3.05
The base fell apart when turning in the frying pan, but as I hadn't read any reviews before cooking it looks as though less floor/more oil and water would help. Will try it again with adjustments before rating.
sarahcamila
19th Mar, 2012
5.05
Quick and easy, brilliant.
picaropicara
21st Feb, 2012
Split the dough into two pizzas for a thinner crust and lower calories. If its too thick it tastes too doughy for me. As for the people suggesting a quarter is not enough - it is with sides, salad or wedges. Can also be divided into four for individual pizzas - used to do that at uni for fussy eating housemates
bobbyjen
1st Feb, 2012
I cannoit see the point of oven roasting the vegetables, in oil, before cooking the pizza; surely if they had been friedionavery little oil the juices, and flavour, in the pan could then be transferred to the dough base. Also a yeast dough is always better than a scone dough, even if there is not along time for proving, is easily made while the veg are cooking, and is delicious when "fried" in apan
cowen84
10th Nov, 2011
5.05
i made this for 1, using 75g flour. then changed up the toppings and made it a more luxurious one with bbq sauce base, steamed asparagus, parma ham and goats cheese then grilled it. lovely!! really easy will definitely be making this again
sadiethompson2
28th Apr, 2011
5.05
lovely easy pizza i sliced mine into 4 separate portions and put 3 in the freezer

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Indy
25th Mar, 2018
Can this be made with gluten-free flour?
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goodfoodteam
1st Apr, 2018
Thanks for your question. We haven't tested this with gluten-free self-raising flour so cannot guarantee the results but as this isn't a standard pizza dough recipe, it's quite possible it will. Give it a go and let us know how you get on!
tashkia
7th Nov, 2014
Can I bake this instead of frying?
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goodfoodteam
20th Nov, 2014
You need a strong initial heat from below for this recipe so is best cooked in a pan. When cooking an oven pizza, for best results follow a baked recipe instead.
tashkia
7th Nov, 2014
Use coconut oil instead of olive oil. I used heated coconut oil and it made the dough a lot softer and easier to roll.
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