Italian Fried Pizza (Pizza Fritta Napoletana

• Produce

  • 1/2 cup Basil, fresh leaves
  • 1 tsp Garlic
  • 1 400 g tin Tomatoes

• Baking & Spices

  • 250 g Pizza dough, fresh homemade or store-bought

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 Sunflower oil

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Mozzarella or bocconcini
  • 2 tbsp Parmesan, grated

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Description

Ingredients

• 250 g fresh pizza dough (Homemade or store-bought)
• Sunflower oil (for cooking)
• 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
• 1-2 tsp garlic, finely chopped
• 1-2 tbsp olive oil
• ½ – 1 cup mozzarella or bocconcini, sliced into small pieces
• ½ cup fresh basil leaves
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan

Directions

• Alrighty now, first up - the sauce. Pop your chopped tomatoes in a small saucepan and bring up to a medium high heat. Add the garlic and olive oil and mix through, and simmer for a few minutes until gorgeously fragrant.
• Next, flour a clean surface (and your hands) and section out your dough into portions. A roughly fist-sized ball of dough should be perfect. Flatten and hand stretch each ball out into a rough disk around 1cm thick and 10-15cm wide.
• Pour oil into a small frypan until its just covering the bottom of the pan by about ½ a centimetre. Carefully place the dough into the oil one at a time, and cook for a few minutes each side until it puffs up and turns golden brown. Remove from the oil and place onto paper towel to drain, then repeat for your remaining dough portions.
• Top each pizza base with sauce, chunks of mozzarella and fresh basil, then garnish with grated parmesan.
• Enjoy!