serves
4
prep
10 minutes
cook
5 minutes
difficulty
Mid
serves
4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
5
minutes
difficulty
Mid
level
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Ingredients
- 200 g good-quality mortadella thinly sliced
- 100 g good-quality parmesan cheese, shaved
- salt and black pepper
Pizza dough
- 370 ml water, plus 35 ml
- 5 g dry yeast
- 500 g strong (00) flour
- 1 tsp honey
- 15 g olive oil
- 10 g salt
- 2 litres canola oil, for frying
Resting time: 3 hours
Instructions
- To make the pizza fritta dough, combine 370 ml water and the dry yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook and allow to stand for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, add the flour and honey, then mix with the dough hook for 3 minutes, or until it forms a shaggy dough. Stop the mixer and allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes before proceeding.
- Add 35 ml water, olive oil and salt to the dough and knead until a smooth ball of dough forms. Lightly grease a large, clean mixing bowl, add the dough and cover. Rest for 90 minutes, at around 18˚C.
- Turn your dough out and cut into 100 g pieces and shape into balls. Rest for 30 minutes.
- After resting, flatten out the dough balls with your hands to form a circle shape. Heat the canola oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan or deep-fryer to 180˚C and fry the pizza fritta for 2 minutes per side, or until light golden brown.
- Transfer the pizza fritta to a paper towel lined tray to absorb any excess oil, then top with mortadella, parmesan and freshly cracked black pepper to serve.
Note
• For a high-quality brand of mortadella, Federica recommends LP's or Princi brands. Italian-made Parmigiano Reggiano is recommended for use in this recipe.
Photography by Jiwon Kim.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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