We just love this cheesy, and super speedy pizza made on a pancake base.
This is the ultimate easy take on pizza. Rather than make a dough which you need to knead, rest and stretch, you just make up a batter in a bowl. Give it a quick blast on the hob before transferring the whole thing to the oven to cook. Sometimes called a Dutch baby pizza, it's a cinch, and a really pleasing way to cook a pizza. Unlike our classic thin pancake recipe, it will really rise up in the pan. You'll need a hob-and-oven-safe pan to make cooking as easy as possible. Feel free to adapt the pizza toppings to your liking. Leave out the pepperoni for a veggie version, or add an extra kind of cheese.
Ingredients
For the pancakes:
- 125g plain flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt and pinch of pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 125ml whole milk
- 25g melted butter
- 4 tbsp pizza sauce
- 125g mozzarella
- Torn sliced pepperoni
- 2 tbsp chopped olives
- Oregano leaves
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Method
- Combine the flour, salt, pepper, baking powder, eggs and milk in a bowl and whisk until the batter is smooth. Let the mixture rest for 20 minutes.
- In a frying pan, melt the butter and use a brush to coat the pan with the buttery liquid. Pour the pancake mixture into the middle of the pan and let it cook for a moment.
- Remove the pan from the hob and place in the oven for 15 minutes at 200ºC/400ºF/Gas 6.
- Remove the pan from the oven. Spread the tomato pizza sauce base over the pancake and spread the mozzarella, pepperoni and olives over the top.
- Place the pan back in the oven for 8 minutes until the toppings have melted and cooked. Sprinkle with the oregano leaves before serving.
Top tips for making pancake pizza
Don't overload the base, it's best with just a few toppings and plenty of melty cheese.
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Octavia Lillywhite is an award-winning food and lifestyle journalist with over 15 years of experience. With a passion for creating beautiful, tasty family meals that don’t use hundreds of ingredients or anything you have to source from obscure websites, she’s a champion of local and seasonal foods, using up leftovers and composting, which, she maintains, is probably the most important thing we all can do to protect the environment.
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