"(Sweet) Potato Pizza
2 lb King Edward potatoes (substitute with sweet potato)
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 egg
Salt & pepper
2 oz pesto
3 roasted red peppers
sliced 12 cherry tomatoes
Olive oil
1 oz pine kernels
1 oz flat leaf parsley
(You could add the pre-cooked meat of your choice to the toppings, for PROTEIN, and/or you could also add goat cheese)
8" oiled flan ring on oiled baking tray 180°C

Boil (sweet) potatoes in their skins, drain, peel, mash and add the oil, egg, salt and pepper. Press the mixture in to the oiled flan ring and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and increase the heat to 200°C. Spread the pesto over, (add the pre-cooked meat of your choice and/or goat cheese), cover with the red peppers and then cherry tomatoes cut in half. Sprinkle with olive oil and season with the salt and pepper. Bake for a further 15 minutes, serve sprinkled with pine kernels and flat leaf parsley. Serve cut into wedges with a mixed leaf salad."

Does the above sound potentially YUMMY or what? We are always looking for compliant faux pizza crust ideas, and this sounds very creative, interesting and GRAIN-FREE! Wee!

btw, don't forget that the cooking temp is in "C" instead of "F", so Americans, we have to figure out the temp on our own....don't look at me *L*!

[ 09-08-2003: Message edited by: Creme Tangerine, O+ non ]

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Originally posted by Sarah Blakeney:
180C = 350° F = Gas mark 4.

How did you make the ° sign? I had to cut & paste it.

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I didn't make the degree symbol, it was already in the cut and pasted recipe. However, fyi, in Word you can find a degree symbol using either of the following methods:

1. Click on "Insert" from your menu bar.
2. Click on "Symbol".
3. There are two "tabs" in the box that pops up, one called "Symbol", that allows you to select a symbol from a specific font set. The other tab is called "Special Characters". You want to click on the "Symbol" tab, if you aren't already in that tab, which you should be.
4. The degree symbol is a common one that is found in several font sets, so pick the one you like the best. We like the degree symbol we find in "Normal Text: Latin-1", although, to complicate things, I don't think "Normal Text" is actually a font set (as it appears ABOVE all the other, alphabetized font sets, and in parens), so it might vary what symbols pop up in what Word decides is "Normal Text" for you, on your computer, depending upon what font you have as your default, I'll wager. We have Arial, and under "Normal Text", "Latin-1", the degree symbol is character code "00B1" in "Unicode Hex". So, scroll around in there until you find what looks like a degree symbol, alight on it, and see if it says at the bottom of the box that you are on character 00B1 Unicode Hex. However, if none of the above makes any sense whatsoever to you, you can simply:
5. Go through the font sets available in that Insert Symbol box, until you find a degree symbol that you fancy.

Have I totally confused you? If so, my work here is done!

[ 09-09-2003: Message edited by: Creme Tangerine, O+ non ]

The base stayed soggy like mashed potato. I gave it longer but it was stilll soggy. When I put the topping on I still gave it longer. Because I had used cheese (buffallo mozarella) the cheese burned, but the base was still mushy. Understandably Joe declined to eat it and it went in the bin.

I think the base would really benefit from being dried in a dehydrator in advance. I guess a slow oven would do, I have no idea of timings.

I also think it would benefit from making about half the amount of sweet potato mash for the base, and spreading it thinner. I suspect the flan ring gets in the way, I'd just spread it out in a circular shape. You probably need baking parchment if it is not to stick.

If I was to try this again I'd be sure to add the cheese near the end of the cooking time. I'd also grind the pine nuts if it was for a child, or make sure they were well hidden with cheese.

I also made my own pesto as commercial brands seem to be full of avoids and other toot. I added sun-dried tomatoes but it stayed green, which does not look appetising on a child's pizza, espeically up against the orange base (and in my case, especially when burnt LOL.)

How would I get a red colour in my pesto?

BTW, for adults, the pesto and the loose pine nuts contain a lot of protein. There may not be a need to add cheese at all.

Edna, I can't use the instructions you suggest for gettignsymbols as I have a Mac. I do use symbol a lot at work, but not at home. But I wish I knew a way to get at these symbols in UBB or HTML.

[ 09-29-2003: Message edited by: Sarah Blakeney ]