Homemade Slab Pizza with Pear and Cottage Cheese
This pizza base is generously thick offering the perfect base for the topping of ripe pears and creamy herbed cottage cheese. It’s a great option for lunch or dinner and any leftovers can be served cold or gently heated. If desired, you can finish your pizza with a drizzle of honey to complement the pears.
How long will it take?
1 hour plus proofing time
What’s the serving size?
Serves 4
What do I need?
For the Pizza Dough
- 1 tsp dry yeast
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 320 g plain flour
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
For the topping
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 tbsp thyme leaves, roughly chopped
- 3 pears, thinly sliced
- Handful of rocket
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
How do I make it?
- Add yeast and sugar to a small bowl and pour over water. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Sift flour into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add yeast mix and using dough hook, blend for 1 minute, then add salt and olive oil. Mix for 5 minutes or until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
- Cover bowl with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place for 3-4 hours or until the dough doubles in size.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently work it into a ball with your hands. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased 25 x 38-centimetre rectangular baking tray. Brush a thin layer of olive oil over the dough and leave to sit for 10 minutes.
- Use your fingers to work the dough into the shape of the pan. Allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 220C.
- Add cottage cheese to a small bowl with thyme leaves and mix to combine.
- Sprinkle cottage cheese mixture over the dough, then top with sliced pears.
- Cook in oven for 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden, then add rocket and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes or until the rocket has wilted.
- Remove pizza from the oven and season to taste, then slice and serve.
