Christmas Tree Pizza (Christmas Giveaway Contest)

by Poojita

Poojita has mailed us this super awesome recipe of Christmas Tree Pizza for our ongoing event “Christmas Giveaway Contest” (Click on the name for link). Poojita is a innovative food blogger herself, and this too is a lovely creation by her.

Piiizzzzzaaaa (Thin Crust)

All of us have had many varieties of pizzas and have our own favourites among ‘em, like wise mine was gourmet pizza at dominos that too cheese burst :p but, before our Goa trip.. there I had this thin crust crispy pizza with aubergine slices at Magic Italy @ Palelom Beach Goa….it wass so dammmm gud.. but as you know can’t order this pizza netime I feel like, so tried it at home and came out realllyyyy guuudd…sharing the recipe with you so please try it and this quantity will make 3 medium pizza…

INGREDIENTS:-

For the Pizza Base:- Refined Flour(Maida): 2 Cups Dried Yeast: 2 Tsp20 Sugar: 2 Tsp Salt: to taste: Water: 3/4 Cup Refined Oil: 1/4 Cup

For the Topping:- Round Aubergine/Brinjal : 1/2 Small Sweet Corn: 1/2 Cup Capsicum: 1 Medium Tomato: 1 Medium Onion: 1 Medium Pickled Jalapenos: Few Slices Pizza Cheese*: to taste :) Pizza Sauce: 4-5 Tbsp Pizza Seasoning: 3-4 Tbsp

METHOD:-

• Heat water till lukewarm dissolve sugar, add yeast and keep it for 15-20 mins at a warm place.

• It should become frothy as shown in picture below other wise don’t use it.

• Add salt to the flour then slowly make soft dough using the yeast mixture add more water if required.
• Knead the dough very nicely for 10 mins applying refined oil in between.
• Keep the dough in a bowl and apply oil nicely on all sides so that it doesn’t dries up or stick to the bowl.

• Let it rest at a warm place for 1 1/2 hr and it will increase in size as shown in picture below.

• Punch it back to the original size and keep it again to rise for 1 hr.
• Meanwhile cut aubergine into slices apply salt and keep aside.
• Roughly chop all other veggies.
• Wash the aubergine slices and grill in a pan with li’l oil.
• Divided the dough into 3 equal parts and roll it into big circle applying dry flour.
• Apply sauce over it then put veggies, sprinkle pizza seasoning and salt if required, aubergine slices and grated cheese.

• Bake this in a pre-heated oven for 20 mins at 200 degree.
• Yummyyy thin crust pizza is readyy…

Note* If you want normal crust not thin crust then divide the dough into two equal parts and this quantity will thus make 2 Pizza.