Strawberry N Melisse Pizza
- Strawberry n Melisse Pizza
- 1 baked sweet pizza dough (recipe below)
- 50ml 'whipping' cream
- 1 tablespoon(s) caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon(s) creme fraiche, stirred to loosen
- 1 tablespoon(s) lemon curd
- 4 - 6 strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced
- 3 large mint or melisse leaves, chiffonaded
- Sweet pizza dough
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 1/2 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Whip your cream on high speed with the caster sugar and vanilla extract till it thickens and holds soft peaks. Then gently fold in the creme fraiche and lemon curd.
- Set the sweet pizza base on a serving platter and spread the cream on, leaving a 1cm rim bare.
- Top with the strawberries and sprinkle on the melisse or mint leaves. Serve immediately.
- Put flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla and salt in a bowl.
- Rub in the butter and add the egg yolk and orange juice mixture. Gently bring together till you have a soft but cohesive dough, sprinkling flour by the teaspoonful till you reach a pastry consistency
- Wrap and chill for at least 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 180 deg C.
- Roll pastry out into a 12 - 15cm circle and place on a buttered pizza pan or a cookie sheet.
- Crimp edges and place in the middle of the oven. Bake for 15 - 20 or until golden.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/4437-strawberry-n-melisse-pizza (may not work)