Green Veggie Focaccia
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 35 min.
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Ingredients
for
1
- For the dough
- ½ cup low-fat cream cheese
- 3 Tbsps olive oil
- 1 egg
- 1 ⅔ cups flour
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- For the topping
- 8 green Asparagus
- 2 Zucchini (finely chopped;)
- 1 cup Mozzarella (sliced)
- 2 Tbsps natural Yogurt
- 1 Tbsp Basil (chopped)
- To garnish
- Basil
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C in a fan oven) 400°F, gas 6. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2.
To make the dough, knead together the cream cheese with 1 tsp salt, olive oil and the egg using an electric hand mixer with dough hooks. Add the flour and baking powder until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Cover and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
3.
Blanch the asparagus for approx. 3 minutes in boiling salted water. Drain and refresh in cold water. Cut into pieces approx. 1/2 cm thick, leave the tips whole.
4.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface to the size of a pizza. Place it on the prepared cookie sheet and form a small crust.
5.
Par-bake in the heated oven for 5 minutes.
6.
Arrange the courgette and asparagus on the pizza base, season with salt and pepper. Place the mozzarella slices and the asparagus tips on top, drizzle over the yogurt.
7.
Sprinkle with basil and bake in the hot oven for 20 minutes until golden brown.
8.
Serve garnished with basil leaves.
