Cucumber & Carrot Pops with Avocado Dip

PIZZA PARTY

This is one of my pantry dishes. I always have tortillas, tomato sauce, and cheese at home. Manchego gives this pizza a hint of sweetness that kids love. Because these are super quick to make, I create them to order at dinner. The basic recipe calls for only 3 ingredients, but you make it fancier with extra toppings and by making the pizza faces as pictured.

INGREDIENTS

4 multigrain tortillas 200g manchego cheese, grated 150g tomato passata For the pizza faces: Mouth: 4 half-slices of red bell pepper Eyebrows: 8 slices of a halved red onion Eyeballs and noses: 1 avocado, scooped into 12 balls with a melon baller Eyes: 4 black olives, sliced Hair: 100g broccoli stalk, peeled and grated and 1 tbsp. truffle oil Mustaches: 4 sprigs of basil To serve (optional): chili flakes, truffle

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

Baking tray

METHOD

1 Preheat oven to 200ºC/ 400ºF/gas mark 6. Toss the broccoli stem in the oil to taste. 2 Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Cover with as many tortilla wraps as space allows. Spread 2-3 tbsp. of passata over each tortilla, leaving a 1cm border around the edge. Baking paper

3 Add the cheese, the bell pepper ‘mouth’, and onions (the rest of the face ingredients are added raw). Bake the pizza, ±10 minutes until golden brown and the cheese has fully melted. Meanwhile make all the other preparations for the pizza faces. Once the pizzas are ready, add the remaining parts: the avocado and olive eyes, broccoli hair and basil moustache. Serve with chilli flakes and extra truffle oil for parents!

MAKES 4

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