with Italian Style Potatoes, Marinated Tomato Salad and Marinara Sauce
Pizza fritta is a traditional street food from Naples, where pizza dough forms a parcel around a filling (usually with a base of ricotta cheese) and is fried until crispy on the outside. It was actually a shortage of traditional pizza ovens due to destruction caused during World War II that resulted in this dish, as people began frying pizza dough instead.
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Pizza Dough
200 grams
Salad Potatoes
350 grams
Dried Oregano
1 sachet(s)
British Smoked Bacon Lardons
90 grams
Lemon
1 unit(s)
Baby Spinach
100 grams
Ricotta Cheese
100 grams
Pesto
32 grams
Parmigiano Reggiano
40 grams
Baby Plum Tomatoes
125 grams
Sun-Dried Tomato Paste
25 grams
Marinara Sauce
120 grams
Baby Leaf Mix
50 grams
Sugar for the Dressing
1 tsp
Olive Oil for the Dressing
1 tbsp
Sugar for the Sauce
1 tsp
Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7. Remove the dough from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature.
Halve the salad potatoes (no need to peel).
Pop the potatoes onto a large baking tray. Sprinkle over the oregano. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Spread out in a single layer. TIP: Use two baking trays if necessary.
When the oven is hot, roast on the middle shelf until golden, 30-35 mins. Turn halfway through.
Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat.
Once hot, add the bacon lardons. Stir-fry until golden, 4-5 mins. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat. Cook bacon thoroughly.
While the bacon fries, boil a full kettle. Zest and halve the lemon.
Once cooked, transfer the lardons to a medium bowl.
Pop the spinach into a sieve in your sink. Pour over the boiling water from your kettle until wilted and piping hot. Once wilted, with the back of a spoon, squeeze out all of the excess water.
Allow the spinach to cool slightly, 5 mins. Pop the cooled, drained spinach onto a board and roughly chop into small pieces.
Add the spinach, ricotta, a pinch of lemon zest, pesto, and two thirds of the Parmigiano Reggiano to the bacon bowl. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
Sprinkle a little flour on a clean worktop and roll the dough (see ingredients for amount) into a large rectangle, approximately ½ cm thick.
Slice the dough into equal-sized rectangles (2 per person). Pop the rectangles onto a lined baking tray.
Spoon the spinach and ricotta filling onto one half of each rectangle, leaving a 1cm border around the edges. Lightly dampen the edges with water, then fold the other half of the dough over the filling to seal shut.
Use a fork to gently press down along the three open edges, sealing the parcel tightly. Brush the top of each pizza parcel with a bit of oil and sprinkle over the remaining Parmigiano Reggiano.
Bake your pizza frittas on the top shelf of your oven until the pastry is golden, 12-16 mins. Turn the tray halfway through.
Meanwhile, halve the baby plum tomatoes.
In a large bowl, combine half the lemon juice with the sugar and olive oil for the dressing (see pantry for both amounts). Season with salt and pepper. Add the tomatoes and stir to mix well.
In a small bowl, combine the sun-dried tomato paste, marinara sauce and sugar for the sauce (see pantry for amount).
When everything's ready, add the baby leaves to the bowl of tomatoes. Toss together to coat in the dressing.
Share the baked pizza frittas between your plates, with the marinara dipping sauce, oregano potatoes and salad on the side.
Cut the remaining lemon into wedges and serve alongside.
3799
kJ
Energy (kJ)
908
kcal
Energy (kcal)
38.4
g
Fat
13.5
g
of which saturates
98.8
g
Carbohydrate
15.9
g
of which sugars
9.4
g
Dietary Fibre
35.4
g
Protein
4.96
g
Salt