Beetroot Pizza with Castello Mellow Black

Name: Beetroot Pizza with Castello Mellow Black
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 200 g beetroots, peeled and rinsed; 80 g sunflower seeds; 100 g plain flour; 50 ml beetroot juice; 100 ml oil; 60 g Castello® Aged Havarti, shredded; oil; salt; pepper; whole curly kale leaves; 1 pear, sliced; 150 g Castello® Mellow Black; 100 g Castello® Creamy Havarti, grated; sliced almonds; olive oil

Pizza night but make it healthy. Our Beetroot Pizza with Castello Mellow Black and Kale is perfect for when the pizza cravings hit but you’re all about that health life. Combining a home-made crust, baked greens and savoury toppings of Castello Mellow Black, pear and almonds this beet crust pizza is not shy of attention.

35 min 4 servings

Salty Heat

ingredients

Crust

200 g beetroots, peeled and rinsed
80 g sunflower seeds
100 g plain flour
50 ml beetroot juice
100 ml oil
60 g Castello® Aged Havarti, shredded

Crispy curly kale

oil
salt
pepper
whole curly kale leaves

Pizza toppings

1 pear, sliced
150 g Castello® Mellow Black
100 g Castello® Creamy Havarti, grated
sliced almonds
olive oil

preparation

1. Grate the beetroot and drain in a cloth (there should be 200g after the juice has been drained off).

2. Grind the sunflower seeds into a flour using a mortar and pestle.

3. Combine all the ingredients for the crust and form into a solid mass. Place the mass between two pieces of baking paper and roll out to a thin round crust.

4. Pre-bake the crust at 200°C for approximately 15 minutes.

5. Rinse and dry the curly kale, then chop into smaller pieces and massage with oil, salt and pepper.

6. Spread the kale onto a baking sheet. Bake in the oven at 170°C for approx. 10-15 minutes until crisp (It burns easily, so keep a close watch.)

7. Take the pre-baked pizza crust and top with the Castello® Creamy Havarti, pear slices and Castello® Mellow Black. Bake for approx. 5-7 minutes until the cheese has melted.

8. Once out of the oven, top with the baked kale and sliced almonds and drizzle with olive oil.

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