RECIPE – Strawberry-kiwi dessert pizza
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 | No Comments »A pizza you can feel good about indulging in: Strawberry-kiwi dessert pizza
Adapted from a recipe By Jim Romanoff, The Associated Press
Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (20 minutes active)
Ingredients
Crust
- 3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp canola oil
- 2 tbsp milk
- 3/4 tsp almond extract
- ΒΌ cup ground almonds
Toppings
- 1/3 cup seedless strawberry jam
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 3 tbsp sweetened coconut flakes, divided or 3 tablespoons shaved dark chocolate
- 2 kiwi fruit, peeled and thinly sliced
- 3 large strawberries, thinly sliced
Preparation
Crust:
- In a small bowl, whisk together whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a food processor, puree cottage cheese.
- Add sugar, oil, milk and almond extract, process until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients and pulse 5 to 6 times, just until the dough clumps together (it will be sticky).
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and using floured hands press dough into a ball.
- Knead 2 or 3 times, but do not overwork.
- Dust dough with flour, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare topping.
- In a small bowl, whisk together raspberry jam and orange juice. Set aside.
- To bake and assemble pizza, position a rack in the middle of the oven.
- Heat oven to 400 F.
- Coat a 12-inch pizza pan or large baking sheet with cooking spray.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 12-inch circle about 1/4 inch thick (be sure to sprinkle flour on the rolling pin or the dough will stick).
- Roll dough back over rolling pin and transfer to prepared pan or baking sheet.
- Spread jam mixture over dough, leaving a 3/4-inch border around the edge.
- Bake until the crust is golden and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes.
- Place cooled crust on a clean pizza pan or large serving plate and sprinkle evenly with 1 1/2 tbsp of the coconut or chocolate.
- Arrange strawberry and kiwi slices on top to look like pizza toppings.
- Sprinkle evenly with remaining coconut.
Cut into 8 wedges and serve immediately or cover with plastic wrap, tented with toothpicks stuck into the pizza, and refrigerate for up to 3 hours before serving.
Makes 8 servings.
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number):
208 calories; 56 calories from fat (27 per cent of total calories); 6 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 1 mg cholesterol; 35 g carbohydrate; 4 g protein; 3 g fibre; 258 mg sodium.
