CHILLI TOMATO PIZZA AND LOBSTER CALZONE
Ingredients
- 800g/1lb12oz Italian ‘00’ white flour
- 200g/7oz semolina flour
- plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 14g/½oz dried yeast
- 2 x 400g/14oz tins San Marzano tomatoes
- 2 large balls mozzarella
- roughly torn
- 50g/1¾oz pecorino cheese
- finely grated
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 large handful basil leaves
- 2 chillies
- finely sliced
- 1 small cooked lobster
- meat removed and cut into chunks
- 1 tbsp mango chilli sauce
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- For the pizza dough
- place the flours
- salt
- sugar and yeast into a large bowl and stir.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and gradually pour in 650ml/22fl oz water
- gradually mixing in the flour to form a soft dough.
- Tip out and knead the dough on a work surface until smooth and elastic.
- Divide into four and roll into balls
- then place in a tray
- cover and leave to rise for 24 hours.
- When you’re ready to cook the pizzas
- preheat the oven to 240C/475F/Gas 9 (or as high as it will go).
- Place a heavy baking tray or pizza stone in the oven to heat.
- Roll out the dough pieces until about 5mm thick then place onto an upturned
- floured tray.
- Place the tinned tomatoes into a food processor and blend to a purée.
- Spoon the tomato purée thinly over two of the pizzas
- just to the edges.
- Scatter over half the mozzarella and pecorino. Scatter over the chilli
- then drizzle over half the peanut oil.
- Finish with a few basil leaves and season with salt and black pepper.
- Transfer to the oven
- pushing the pizza onto the heated pizza tray or stone and cook for 5-8 minutes
- or until cooked through and bubbling.
- For the calzone
- cover half of each of the other two pizza bases with the tomato sauce
- then top with the pieces of lobster and the rest of the mozzarella and pecorino. Drizzle over the mango chilli sauce and the rest of the peanut oil along with a scattering of basil and season with salt and black pepper.
- Fold the other half of the pizza over the top then crimp the edges and place on the heated pizza stone or tray.
- Cook for 5-10 minutes until golden-brown and crisp. Serve immediately.

