At Carnival, even food disguises itself and takes on new forms to avoid being recognized! This is the case of the pizza which, wearing a mask, has decided to turn into irresistible muffins! You will see, it will be fun to propose these bizarre pizzaiola muffins and the best part is that they can be filled with any ingredient! Let's work!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 213 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For 15 pizza-muffins
- 400 g of Manitoba flour
- 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 heaped teaspoon of oregano
- 10 g of salt
- 20 g of tomato paste
- 5 g of sugar
- 2 g of dried brewer's yeast
- 220 ml of water
For the filling
- 100 g of tomato puree
- 120 g of mozzarella
- A few basil leaves
Materials Needed
- Muffin mold
- Bowl
- Scale weighs food
- Clear film or tea towel
- Sieve
- Optional: brush
Preparation
- In a bowl, sift the Manitoba flour and add the dry yeast and a teaspoon of sugar. Flavor with a teaspoon of dried oregano.
- Dissolve the tomato paste with 3-4 tablespoons of water. Add the tomato mixture to the remaining water, then mix everything with the flour, adding the oil and salt.
Did you know that
As an alternative to dry brewer's yeast it is possible to use 6 g of fresh brewer's yeast or mother yeast in doses equal to 30% of the weight of the flour.
Sugar can be replaced with a teaspoon of barley malt or honey.- Work the dough for a long time, beating it on the work surface to facilitate the formation of gluten. Place the dough in the bowl, cover with cling film and let it rise in a warm environment for a couple of hours or until doubled in volume.
The ideal environment
It is advisable to let the dough rise in a warm environment, sheltered from drafts. For example, the oven turned off but with the light on turns out to be a good place to let the leavened doughs rest.- Take the dough and divide it into portions of about 50 g l "each. Model each piece with your hands to obtain the same number of balls.
- Brush a muffin mold with a little oil and insert each ball of dough into the molds.
- Leave the pizza muffins to rise again for about an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
- Pierce the center of each muffin with the back of a spoon or with your finger, gently enlarging the hole. Fill each hole with a teaspoon of tomato puree.
- Place the pizza muffins in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Quickly remove the pizza muffins and fill with a cube of mozzarella.
- Lower the oven temperature to 180 ° C, then finish cooking for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve with a few basil leaves or oregano.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Our pizza-muffins are beautiful and good! Special as an aperitif to be enjoyed together with a glass of bubbles: a fun way to start the evening. And you, how did you decide to disguise your Pizza?Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Pizza Muffins are foods that can play various roles in the meal, from the main course to the appetizer.
They have an average energy intake (even if dehydration with cooking is not taken into account in the translation); calories are mainly supplied by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally by proteins.
Carbohydrates tend to be complex, fatty acids predominantly unsaturated (monounsaturated) and proteins above all of medium biological value.
Fibers are present and cholesterol is almost irrelevant.
Pizza Muffins are foods to be used with extreme moderation in the diet against overweight, hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia; they are contraindicated in case of lactose intolerance and celiac disease.
They could be included in the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet but not in the vegan one.
The average portion of Pizza Muffin (as an appetizer) is about 80-90g (170-190kcal).
