Friday, 13 January 2012

easy soda bread base for loads of leftovers!

here is the simplest recipe for making a pizza style/soda flat bread that you can pile all sorts of leftovers on to.
1. simply take 250g SR flour and add 50g butter/olive oil/margarine and working with your fingers/thumbs and rubbing the fat into the flour make it into rough breadcrumb texture. (you can do this in a food processor in 1 minute but by hand with take no more than 5 anyway!)
2. add salt and any herbs or spices you fancy for your pizzery type creation - try tarragon if you have cheese or chicken, chilli if you have tomatoes for example.
3. add 110ml water or milk + 1 egg & knead together -  this should make a soft dough. turn onto a floured work surface and flatten to a round, square or fill a tart tin with it as you wish. Flattent he dough with floured hands to about 1cm thick
4. lay on a baking sheet and top with your choice of left over, then bake at 375F/190C for about 20 - 25 minutes or until cooked through, risen and topping well browned - yum
pictured is some left over brie from Christmas with fresh figs
other topping ideas:
1. chopped tomatoes + 1 clove grated garlic, seasoning and topped with that little lump of leftover cheddar fromthe back of your fridge - grated!
2. any left over cold meat chopped, mixed with 1 chopped tomato, chilli and drizzled with olive or rapeseed oil and fresh herbs
3. bits of left over meat from Sunday lunch, thyme, gorgonzola or other strong cheese, wilted basil leaves
4. chopped soft tomatoes (the ones you did not fancyinthe salad). shredded sad lettuce boiled together with a dash of chilli and lots of salt& pepper and olive oil.
5. leftover chilli concarne - just cover 1.2 and fold other half over for a concalzone pizza! great for a pack lunch - yum
6. let eknow what else you put on it!