11 April 2013

Individual mini pizzas (from Party food for girls Alessandra Zecchini and Arantxa Zecchini)









A  short history about these beauty little pizzas, the last week I had a lovely moment when we met Alessandra (a blogger friend) from New Zealand with her lovely family, we ate in a yummy vegetarian restaurant with our families.
Was so good and fun met Alessandra and her family, she is really love and has a nice blog Alessandra Zecchini you will find lovely recipes and nice pictures of her travels. 











Anyway Alessandra give us a lovely book of her and her daugther Arantxa  and from this book I made these pizzas. If you like you can see in Amazon this wonderful book:




Thanks Alessandra for a wonderful time, a lovely cook book and really enjoyed the recipes, I hope to make  a lot of more recipes from here.


Individual mini Pizzas
(8 to 10 servings)

Ingredients

300 ml warm water
2 1/2  teaspoon active dried yeast
1/4 teaspoon sugar
500 grams strong flour plus extra
for dusting.
1 large pinch of salt

For the topping
1 can (400 grams)   chopped tomatos
150 grams grated  mozarella cheese
or gauda cheese
tomato sauce (optative)
dried oregano to sprinkle
salt to taste
olive oil
fresh basil leaves to garnish

Method



Put the warm water in a large mixing bowl and add the yeast and sugar.After 5 minutes when the yeast starts to bubble, add the flour and salt then work into a dough for another 5 minutes.
You can knead it directly on the table or in the mixing bowl.

Make a ball with dough  and sprinkle it with a little flour and let to rise in its bowl. Covered with a kitchen towel by 2 hours.
Punch the dough and knead it for 1 minute

Divide the dough in balls (I made 8 balls but you can make 10)
Put these on a floured surface, dust with flour and cover with a kitchen towel . leave to rise for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven at 180°c . Take the dough balls and one by one flatten them into small circles, using your hands or a rolling pin.
Place the circles on an oven tray lined with baking paper. Top each one with some  tomato sauce,  chopped tomatos and finally grated cheese, then add a sprinkle of oregano, a pinch of salt and a drop of olive oil.
Bake for about 15 minutes until the borders of the pizza look cooked.Remove from the oven and decorate with fresh basil.



PRINT RECIPES


EN ESPAÑOL
Mini Pizzas













Una pequeña historia  antes de la receta de las pizzas, la semana pasada en medio de todo lo que me ha tocado, vino a Chile con su familia, Alessandra del blog Alessandra Zecchini, que venía de Nueva Zelandia y sólo iba a estar un dia en Santiago pero queriamos hacer lo posible por vernos.
Ella es vegetariana asi que hice una reservación en El Huerto
que es uno de los mejores  restaurantes vegetarianos. Me tincaba el  Quinoa donde la Sole pero les salía más facil llegar a Providencia.
Fue muy bueno y entretenido y ella me regaló un libro  de recetas que hizo con su hija y es un libro precioso que arriba puse una foto y un link (se puede comprar en Amazon) y así hice las pizzas que son deliciosas.

Ingredientes
(8 a 10 mini pizzas)


86 comments:

  1. Gloria, I made myself a mini pizza for dinner just now! I added a poached egg for protein, I poached it in marinara sauce. I am going to visit this blog and check out the cookbook. Thanks for sharing. xo

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  2. These have indeed a great history behind:) Love these!

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  3. Yes they do:) I loved met Alessandra and her family was a really fun time Kim!

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  4. Aww! I LOVE the picture of your families! How nice! Sounds like you had lots of fun. Lovely little pizzas, too...they look delicious!

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    1. Yes was really fun betsy and they are really nice persons and the kids was fun too!

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  5. Meeting blog friends can be fun, looks like a grand time under your sun.

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    1. Yes was really fun and nice to met them Pat!

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  6. Ciao Gloria, Arantxa and I just read your post, thank you so much for trying a recipe and publish it, I hope that you and Esperanza will try some more! It was great to meet you too, Spanish lessons are good, and today we drank mate fro the first time!! Bitter but nice :-).

    Ciao
    Alessandra

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    1. ah! I told you Alessandra mate fro argentinians is more bitter than our. that is more sweet.

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  7. Hola Gloria!!!
    Se ven exquisitas estas mini pizzas, de verdad se me hizo agua a la boca!!!
    Besos

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  8. Awesome, they look delicious. I love the blue and white plate too.

    Cheers

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  9. those pizzas looks soooo delicious right now! and I'm not even hungry!

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  10. These look really yummy...love the fresh basil (on just about everything!) Sometimes the simplest food is the BEST!

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  11. Sounds like fun to meet a fellow blogger. These mini pizza sound like they would be a hit with my family.

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  12. Están buenísimas Gloria, yo me las devoraba en menos de tres segundos, me fascinan!

    Besos.

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  13. Wow these look so delicious Gloria. Cant wait to check out the link. What a beautiful gift to recieve!

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  14. These mini pizzas look delicious! Would love to have some for lunch.

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  15. How fun to meet your blogging friend! Those mini pizzas look sooooo good!!!
    xo Kris

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  16. They look fingerlicking and delicious.

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  17. I want these delicious looking pizzas for today evening as a friday snack. yummmmmmmm

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  18. Looks so delicious! I will definitely try these!! :)
    http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/

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  19. Hi Gloria,
    Your pizza looks so good! Love it!

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  20. fun fun
    we used to make these after school every day
    my mom would get us the fixings and that was our snack
    smiles...love me some pizza...

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  21. So nice!!!! So delicious!!!!

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  22. Gloria these pizze look delicious...they're so cute!
    Have a lovely weekend
    Un beso

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  23. I know Alessandra Zecchini blog. She is an excellent food writer and photographer. Very professional!
    These mini pizzas look lovely. I love their rustic look!

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    1. Yes I know Alessandra by blogs many times, so was amazing knew her and her family!! and love her recipes of course!

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  24. Gloria, Great looking little pizzas. Would work well at one of our wine tasting parties! Even though I prefer meat on my pizzas, I wouldn't have any problem downing 3 or 4 of these little gems... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  25. Thanks David I know you love meat or ham and is ok you can add to these pizzas, have a nice weekend!

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  26. I am going to attempt to make these for my family tonight - so wish me luck (that they turn out half as good as yours!)!
    I so adore your recipes, Gloria.
    Many thanks for sharing them.:)

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    1. thanks Ygraine really I whish you luck Im sure yiurs will be delicious!
      thanks for stopping by!

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  27. Que bueno lo hayan pasado fantastico....se ve maravilloso el libro!.......Abrazotes, Marcela

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  28. Gloria, que cosa tan linda!, estos encuentros son tan especiales y así nacen grandes amistades. Me alegro mucho por esta reunión, se ven todos muy contentos y el regalo precioso.
    Las pizzas se ven tan ricas, justo mañana haré.
    Besitos.

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    1. fue muy entretenido Kako ademas que conozco a la Alessandra hace mucho y venia de Nueva Zelanda. y las pizzas son deliciosas.besos

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  29. Ooooh, Gloria, it's my Birthday today, please send me some of these mini pizzas :)

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  30. Que divertido encuentro Gloria! me encantan las mini-pizzas! tienen una pinta deliciosa. Creo que conozco a tu amiga Sole de "cocina de mercado"...Besos

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    1. gracias Rosana cierto la Sole es de cocins de mercado y tiene un restaurant que se llama Quinoa.

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  31. Sounds like you had lots of fun!

    You have such a beautiful plate. Mini pizzas look delicious and rustic.

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    1. yes Alessandra is lovely and fun!
      Thanks Tamara!

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  32. Mira que me gustan las pizzas... Pero mucha más ilusión me ha hecho ver vuestra foto de esa comida. ¿Son tus hijos? Están grandes y guapos, ¿eh? Y por eso se te debe ver esa cara de feliz. Muchas gracias por compartir ese momento tan bonito. ¡Enorme, Gloria!
    Eso sí, esas pizzas... ¡Guau!
    ¡Besoooooos, amiga!

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    1. Rosita que gusto verte, si la pasamos super bien, era como si nos hubieramos conocido de toda la vida (tengo una intuición que ni te digo) Claro los mios son los más grandes, gerardo y Esperanza tienen 18 años, imagínate los de la Alessandra tienen 12 y 143, son un amor y se llevaron muy bien con los mios se rieron toda la noche.Y nosotras con la Alessandra hablamos toda la noche y lo bueno que Peter el marido de ella habla espeañol asi que conversaba con gerardo, hablamos en todos los idiomas! un abrazo fuerte y agradecida que me vengas a ver!!

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  33. How nice that you could meet a blog friend. I hope I can meet you some day because I consider you a dear friend. Thanks for your prayers. Forrest is out of the hospital and on his way home to Utah. We are blessed. Hugs, Lura

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    1. Dear Lura Im so happy Forrest is better, I really believe in prayers power! Really I hope my dear meet you some day I think in you like a lovely friend too, blessings

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  34. Dear Gloria, What beautiful little pizza'a. I hope all is well. It is so nice to be visiting with you again. Blessings dear. Catherine xo

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    1. Im so happy see you again Catherine, welcome again!

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  35. So fun! I love meeting other bloggers! And these pizzas look so yummy! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! xo

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    1. Thanks Lizzy! hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  36. super easy mini pizas.luks Yummy n mouthwatering!!
    MAHA

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  37. its like our pizza besitos simmy

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  38. These are so pretty! I love making mini pizza's for the kids. Beautiful picture of your family!

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  39. Yummy Gloria ~ Perfect for teens and children, and adults too ~

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  40. Hola amiga, unas pizzas muy buenas, sobre todo para los peques que les encanta, te espero en mi blog, un saludo de sole

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  41. What a wonderful meeting and photo, Gloria ! The mini pizzas from the book are such a cute idea. I'll have to make some for my grandson :)

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  42. What fun to meet fellow bloggers, Gloria. Especially those with lovely cookbooks!
    These little pizzas look delicious!

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    1. Thanks Barbara was really fun Im glad to have known Alessandra!

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  43. Looks like a lovely get together, and the little pizzas look fantastic!

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    1. Thanks dear T.W, was a really nice night! and the pizzas are yummy!

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  44. What delicious pizzas! I want to make some now! :)

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  45. These are so adorable, Gloria! I love that you made the crusts from scratch and fresh basil with tomatoes is always a delicious combination... Thanks so much for sharing!

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