Make/Bake 9: Crustless Pizza

Today I was feeling quite lazy mostly because it was Wednesday, but I still wanted to try a new recipe, just a fairly quick one! In times like this there is only one solution - Queen Nigella. Now I know many people feel like this about Mary Berry and Delia and to an extent I do agree with them, but for me the queen of all things culinary will always be Nigella. I adore her books, they are not only full of lovely things to make and bake but I find them well written and full of useful information and not in a show-off chef way. On more than one occasion I've taken one of her books up to bed with me as a night-time read. The other reason I think she is one of my food idols is because I've never had a recipe of hers fail me, even ones that haven't gone to plan have all tasted lovely. The following new make/bake is one of those.

"Crustless Pizza" from Nigella's Kitchen

Serves 2. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

First make a basic batter (250ml milk, 100g plain flour, 1 large egg and some salt), beat until smooth and then mix in 50g of grated cheese. I then greased a 20cm dish (Nigella suggests a pie dish but I only had a cake tin so mine was a little deep) and pour in the batter. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until it starts to puff up and has a nicely golden top. I then made a tomato sauce to use (mixed some tomato puree, tomato ketchup and a splash of worcestershire sauce) which was my only addition to the recipe. I then topped this with some sliced salami  (any sliced meats or vegetables would do) and another 50g of grated cheese. I then baked it in the oven for about 4 -5 minutes until the cheese was all melted and oozy. I served it with a little side salad just mixed leaves and cherry tomatoes) and some chips from the freezer that needed using up.

Not the best of presentations! It was a slightly doughy texture, much more sponge-like than your usual pizza (that could have been because I used a cake tin rather than a pie dish) but it was really very tasty. A definite thumbs up from M - success!