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Mezze Pizza Braid
There’s something about making dough from scratch that makes us feel homely, comforted and a bit like we’ve got our sh*t together. Y’know, like adults. So get your grown-up on and make this gorgeous pizza bread for your fellow grown-up friends to munch while sipping Merlot and talking about grown-up things like mortgages, loft extensions and car insurance.
This is a great veggie party food idea and also a great plant-based recipe to cook with kids!
Ingredients
For the pizza dough
- 1 cup strong bread flour
- 1.5g dried yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 160ml lukewarm water
For the filling
- Tomato sauce
- Artichoke hearts
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Roasted red peppers
- Pitted kalamata olives
- Basil leaves
For brushing
- Garlic oil
- Black pepper
To serve
- Hummus
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Oiled bowl
- Rolling pin
- Pastry brush
- Baking tray
Method
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1.
Put the yeast, salt and flour in a bowl, mix them together and make a well.
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2.
Pour the water into the well, mix everything together until you have a sticky dough.
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3.
Knead the dough on a clean, floured surface until you have a smooth dough ball. Then put the ball in an oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rise for an hour.
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4.
Take the ball out of the bowl, cut it into three pieces, then roll the ball out into three flat sausage shapes on a floured surface.
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5.
Brush a thick line of tomato sauce down the middle of each sausage.
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6.
Lay out the artichoke, tomatoes, peppers, olives and basil onto the layers of tomato sauce.
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7.
Encase the filling ingredients in the dough so you have three fat sausages, turn the sausages over so they’re neat and tidy.
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8.
Attach your three sausages together by bringing the tops together and pinching them so that they stick.
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9.
Braid the three sausages together and pinch the ends together at the bottom so they stick. If you don't know how to braid, just ask anyone with daughters!
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10.
Brush with garlic oil. Bake the plait at 200℃ (392℉) for 20 minutes.
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11.
Take out of the oven and serve with hummus.
