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Illustrative photo: Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Pizza pugliese

Pizza pugliese is a thick, soft focaccia from Puglia, topped with tomatoes, olives, onions and oregano. The dough is often enriched with potatoes, which makes it particularly tender.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Pâte

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Instructions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water with the sugar, then mix in the flour, mashed potatoes, oil and salt until you have a soft dough.
  2. Knead for 10 minutes, cover and leave to rise for 1 hour in a warm place until doubled in size.
  3. Oil a baking dish and stretch the dough to fill the base, about 2 cm thick. Let it rest for 20 minutes.
  4. Slice the tomatoes, thinly slice the onion and spread them over the dough with the olives and capers.
  5. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with oregano and salt, then bake at 220 °C for 25 to 30 minutes.
  6. Let it cool for a few minutes, then cut the pizza and serve warm or at room temperature.

Variations and tips

Courgette version. Replace some of the tomatoes with thin slices of courgette and caramelised onions.

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