Black Olive and Pecorino Pizza with Salad

Black Olive and Pecorino Pizza with Salad Recipe

30 Minutes
Serves: 2
A crispy pizza with a rich cherry tomato sauce base, flavoured with garlic. chilli and oregano. The pizza is topped with pecorino, mozzarella and black olives and served with a fresh pepper and green salad dressed with a tomato and pesto dressing.

Recipe Ingreds

Pizza

  • 40 grams black olives
  • 50 grams mozzarella
  • 50 grams pecorino cheese
  • 200 grams pizza dough
  • 0.5 whole red onions

Sauce

  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 0.5 tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp oregano (dried)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 0.5 whole onions
  • 1 tin tinned cherry tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Salad

  • 0.5 whole bell pepper (yellow)
  • 0.5 whole cucumber
  • 40 grams Salad leaves

Dressing

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp pesto
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • salt (to taste)
  • 2 grams granulated sugar
  • 0.25 tbsp tomato puree

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

  • set the oven to 180C 350F or gas mark 5

Step 2

  • prepare the dough by following the instructions on the packaging
  • line the baking tray with greaseproof paper
  • place the dough onto the baking tray

Step 3

  • add a spot of oil to the frying pan
  • peel and grate the onion
  • add to the frying pan
  • cook until soft but not coloured
  • peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely
  • add to the frying pan
  • cook for a minute or two

Step 4

  • add the tomatoes to the frying pan
  • add the tomato puree, chilli and oregano
  • heat through until the sauce thickens
  • sieve the sauce
  • return to the pan and cook till the sauce is almost dry
  • season with salt and pepper
  • set a side to cool

Step 5

  • grate the cheeses
  • peel and finely slice the onion(s)
  • chop the olives

Step 6

  • dot the tomato sauce over the dough
  • cover with the grated cheese
  • place the olives and onions over the cheese
  • place in the oven
  • cook for 20 mins

Step 7

  • wash mixed leaves and place in a serving bowl.
  • place a cross on the top of the cucumber
  • then slice the cucumber to form quarters
  • sprinkle over the salad leaves
  • wash and chop the yellow pepper(s) into small pieces
  • sprinkle over the salad leaves

Step 8

  • peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely
  • Make the tomato dressing by mixing together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic (crushed) tomato puree, pesto, sugar.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a little extra sugar if it is to tart

Step 9

  • remove the pizza from the oven
  • place a slice of pizza on a serving plate
  • serve with salad

Recipe Utensils

  • 1 baking tray
  • 2 bowl
  • 2 chopping board
  • 1 frying pan
  • 2 Garlic crusher
  • 2 grater
  • 1 grease proof paper
  • 2 large knife
  • 1 sieve

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About our homemade black olive and pecorino pizza recipe


The concept of pizza originates from Italy and is believed to  have been created in Naples, the word pizza was believed to originate in central or southern Italy. There is also evidence of leavened bread and different topping also eaten in Persia and Greece. 

For our pizza we used pre-prepared dough found in the chill cabinet in most supermarket, you can also used pizza bases mixes.

Our pizza recipe is a delicious tomato based pizza, we use tinned cherry tomatoes for that extra tomato flavour, we grate the onion so that the onion disappears into the sauce. The sauce is flavoured with garlic, oregano and a little chilli. 

The tomato base is topped with grated pecorino and mozzarella cheese and then sprinkled with finely sliced red onions and chopped black olives

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