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Crab and mozzarella pizza

Name: Crab and mozzarella pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500g fresh pizza dough or 2 woodfired pizza bases; 1/2 cup (130g) basil pesto; 250g cooked spanner crab meat; 2 x 250g mozzarella balls, drained, torn; 4 preserved lemon quarters, white pith and flesh removed, zest thinly sliced; 60g basil leaves; Juice of 1/2 lemon; 1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil

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by Valli Little

delicious. team

Oct 03, 2015

Spanner crab and mozzarella turn this humble pie into a gourmet treat, with fragrant basil and zingy lemon topping everything off for pizza perfection.

500g fresh pizza dough or 2 woodfired pizza bases
1/2 cup (130g) basil pesto
250g cooked spanner crab meat
2 x 250g mozzarella balls, drained, torn
4 preserved lemon quarters, white pith and flesh removed, zest thinly sliced
60g basil leaves
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil

Method

1.

Place 2 large baking trays in the oven and preheat the oven to 220°C. Divide pizza dough in two, roll into two 30cm bases. Place each base on a piece of baking paper and prick all over with a fork. Transfer to preheated trays and bake for 5 minutes or until crisp. Remove from oven and spread over pesto. Scatter with crab and mozzarella, return to oven and bake for a further 5 minutes or until base is crisp and cheese is melted.
2.

Scatter with preserved lemon and torn basil leaves, squeeze over lemon juice and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil to serve.

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