Fruit Pizza
A great dessert for children to make in the summer.
A brilliant way to use any fruit you have grown
Serves: 2 × 20 cm diameter pizza or 1 large pizza
Ingredients
Shortbread base
- 180 g (6 oz) plain flour, sieved
- 120 g (4 oz) butter
- 55 g (2 oz) golden caster sugar
Pizza topping
- 250 g mascarpone
- 50 g icing sugar
- Fruit
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180◦C
- Cream the butter and sugar together until combined and the butter is soft.
- Add the flour slowly and combine until the mixture turns into a soft dough.
- Roll out the mixture to fit a 20 cm diameter circular base (the mixture will make 2 thin base pizzas of this size) or a large round pizza tray (maximum depth of dough 1 cm). Place onto the tray and refrigerate for about 15 minutes
- Place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes (this will depend on size of pizza base and thickness) remove from the oven when a nice golden colour and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Whilst cooling, place the mascarpone in a bowl and lightly beat, add the icing sugar and incorporate into the mascarpone. Place in the fridge whilst the fruit is being chopped
- Wash and cut the fruit that you wish to top your pizza
- Top the shortbread base with the sweetened mascarpone and top with fruit toppings
- Get the children to create a rainbow of colours on the pizza