Potato and Chorizo Pizza

Name: Potato and Chorizo Pizza
Ingredients: fine ground semolina, for sprinkling; 12 quantity pizza dough; 125 g /4¼ oz waxy potatoes, peeled, parboiled, cooled and very thinly sliced; 30 ml /2 tbsp chopped thyme leaves; 90 g /3½ oz fresh chorizo sausage, finely diced; 50 g /2 oz small mozzarella balls, drained; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; olive oil, for drizzling

Preparation info

Makes
2
30 cm 12 in pizzas

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

Waxy potatoes are needed for this topping, as they hold together better than floury potatoes. Using fresh chorizo works well in the recipe as the savoury oils ooze out into the potatoes and the base, adding a delicious intensity of flavour.

Ingredients

12 quantity pizza dough
125 g /4¼ oz waxy potatoes, peeled, parboiled, co

Pizza

Method

Build up the fire in the oven until it is about 400°C/750°F, this will take about 60 minutes. When it is up to temperature, push the fire to the back of the oven with a metal peel or coal hook and close the oven door.