Hawaiian Pizza!

Over the last week I have been buying and eating a lot of pineapple (it's an old wives tale for the promotion of labour!) and was getting a little bored of just eating it on it's own. My boyfriend mentioned he used to love Hawaiian pizza (ham and pineapple) and as I had never had pineapple on a pizza I thought we would try it. I used my favourite pizza base recipe which never seems to go wrong and you don't have to pre-cook it before you put the toppings on. You can find the recipe here! If you love thin and crispy bases you may like to find a different recipe as this tends to be a bit thicker than that but I love it. Be prepared that you do have to let the dough rise for a couple of hours so don't make this if you are starving already!! This amount of dough serves around 4 people. We tend to make 2 pizzas and freeze one which works fantastically and is great for an easy dinner.

For the topping I put some tomato pasta sauce we had (although it would have usually been tomato puree but somehow we had run out- we tend to buy tonnes at a time!) then ripped up Redwoods ham, sliced mushrooms, chunks of fresh pineapple, sliced mushrooms (the addition of mushrooms to any pizza is always a bonus in my opinion!) and then grated Cheezly mozzarella. It's so easy to prepare once the base is done and can be a fun activity with children- you could split the dough into smaller pizzas and have each person design their own (good for picky eaters!). This was baked at around 180 degrees (celcius) for 10-15 mins (until it all goes lovely and brown!).

As you can see from the picture below my pizzas are a bit rough and ready and rectangle as we only have rectangle baking trays but I kind of like my pizzas a bit rough around the edges!

Another pizza we regularly make is: tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms and olives (and "cheese"!) which is super delicious and there is always an absolute mountain of veg on top of the pizza which makes me feel a little less guilty in having pizza!

Artichokes are also a much loved pizza topping of mine. What is your favourite pizza topping? Inspire me!