Food for Two

Salima and David:

The way I see it, sitting around a table over well prepared food is what makes strangers into friends and friends into family. So, many wishes for plentiful encounters with strangers, long drawn out dinners, a warm house, and endless adventures in the kitchen and elsewhere.

-khatidja.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Bited Sized Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

*Recipe adapted from Noble Pig

Ingredients
0.75 cups flour
0.75 tsp baking powder
0.75 cups 2% milk
1 egg
1 cup mozzarella cheese (or 0.75 mozzarella + 0.25 fresh Parmesan for an extra strong flavour)
1 cup pepperoni (turkey and beef pepperoni can be found quite easily, it turns out)
0.5 cup Ragu sauce (or other pizza sauce)
1 leaf fresh sweet basil
2 brown mushrooms
1- 1.5 tsp salt (if you decide not to use pepperoni)

*Also note you will require a mini muffin baking pan for this.

Finely chop the mushrooms and throw them onto a small pan to heat until soft (~1 min).

Mix the flour, baking powder, milk and egg in a bowl and whisk. Shred the mozzarella cheese and mix in.

Wilde Oscar says: The key to success is good mozzarella. 

Chop the pepperoni into small squares. Add the mushrooms and pepperoni to the batter and gently mix in.

Wilde Oscar says: If you're not feeling up to being haram today, you can find turkey or beef pepperoni instead of the real stuff.

Spoon out the batter into the pre-greased mini muffin pan, and place in oven preheated to 160C. Allow to cook for about 20 mins. The insides will need to continue to cook after the outside has browned.

Adding sprinkle of dried oregano on top is a nice touch.


Finally, mix the basil into the Ragu sauce and serve as a dipping sauce.

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