Homemade pizza with minced lamb and ricotta

Homemade pizza with minced lamb and ricotta

Ingredients

Pizza dough

• 500g plain flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 11g instant yeast
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 300ml water (with an extra 100ml just in case)

Lamb topping

• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic
• 200g lamb, minced
• 1 tsp oregano
• Salt and pepper
• Handful cherry tomatoes
• 150g ricotta
• 100g mozzarella, dried
• Plain pizza dough

Method

1. Place all ingredients for the dough into a kitchen aid with the dough hook attached.
2. Mix the ingredients for approx 10 mins adding the extra water as necessary.
3. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place to rise for approx 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
4. In the meantime make the lamb mixture, heat the oil in a pan and add the onion and the garlic and fry until golden.
5. Add the minced lamb, oregano and salt and pepper and cook until browned for a few mins.
6. Add a little bit of olive oil to the dough and punch out the air with wet hands.
7. Grease a baking tray with olive oil and open up the dough and place into the baking tray pressing into the corners.
8. Add the lamb mince and a little more oregano.
9. Add the cherry tomatoes and dollops of fresh ricotta.
10. Sprinkle a little mozzarella over the top and season with salt and pepper and a little more olive oil.
11. Bake in the oven for 20 mins at 220°C.
12. Serve warm. 

This recipe first appeared on Gourmet Today TV aired on TVM on 11 February, 2017.