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pizza with grilled peppers, courgettes and aubergines

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Pizza dough for 4 people
For the topping
400 g (14 oz) puréed tomatoes (passata)
300 g (10 1/2 oz) frozen grilled vegetables
250 g (8 1/2 oz) mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon dried chives
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt

Time:
preparation: 10 minutes
plus rising time
cooking: 20-25 minutes
Difficulty:
Medium difficulty
Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 733 (kCal) 37 % GDA - 3067 (kJ)
Protein: 31.6 (g) 62 % GDA
Total fat: 21.4 (g) 30 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 110.1 (g) 41 % GDA
Sugars: 15.3 (g) 17 % GDA

You can make this kind of pizza with fresh vegetables or frozen grilled ones. We prefer the second way because we have never much time. We chose frozen grilled vegetables composed by courgettes, aubergines and peppers (capsicum)
Prepare the dough. If you make pizza with our recipe, you obtain less fat and calories.
When the dough has risen, divide it into four pieces and, on a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece. You can obtain the shape you want: rectangular or round. This amount of dough is enough for four 30 cm (12in) round baking sheets if you like crunchy pizza but if you prefer soft pizza use only two baking sheets.
Oil the baking sheets with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Transfer every portion of dough to a baking sheet.
Prepare the tomato sauce. Mix the puréed tomatoes with the remaining oil and chives; season to taste with salt. For each pizza, spread half of the tomato sauce to within 1/2 inch (1,2 cm) of the rim. Arrange grilled vegetables on the top.
Meanwhile preheat oven to 220°C (425°F) and cube the mozzarella. Bake the two pizzas for about 15 minutes, then remove them from the oven and arrange the mozzarella cheese over the top. Bake again for about 5 minutes. Cooking times are indicative; everyone can adjust them to his oven.
Serve hot or warm.
If you want to use fresh vegetables you have to grill them and then add to the top of the pizza with the mozzarella cheese 5 minutes before the end of cooking.

If you want to learn how to make pizza dough very well, consult our "Cookery school". A rich sequence of photos explain to you how to prepare a perfect dough step-by-step.