Louise Huynh

4 May 2020

Peach & Courgette Pizza

Peaches and nectarines are undoubtedly delicious. But other than the obvious choices of cobbler, tarts, and crumbles, how else can we enjoy these stone fruits? Well, luckily for all of us, our good friend and guest ODDBOXer chef Camille (@callherchef) has a delicious savoury recipe for us all to enjoy:

Notes:

For the pesto:

  • Use a pre-made green pesto or make one by mixing a small bunch of basil leaves, 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds, 1 clove garlic, 2 tbsp water, 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt in a blender.
  • Variant: Delicious with Camembert or mozzarella cheese. Just add it before cooking.
  • Resting your dough: Leave your dough in a warm place or preheat your oven to 50C, then turn it off and leave it in there.

Prep time: 75 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Total time: 85 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

2 Peaches (sliced)

½ Courgette (sliced)

2 tbsp Pesto

1 sprig Rosemary (chopped)

Salt & pepper

300 g White bread flour (+ extra for dusting)

½ tsp Salt (+ extra)

5 g Dried yeast (or 2tbsp baking powder)

1 tsp Honey (or sugar)

2 tbsp Olive oil (+ extra for baking)

200 ml Warm water

Recipe:

  1. In a small bowl, mix the water, olive oil, honey and yeast. In a big mixing bowl, add the flour, the salt and make a well. Pour the water mixture in the middle and use a fork to mix in the flour slowly. Knead until you have a smooth dough. Put the dough in a bowl, dust with flour, cover with a damp cloth and rest an hour until the dough has doubled in size.
  2. Knead the dough around a bit to push the air out with your hands, then cut it in 2. Grease a baking tray with a little olive oil, then use your hands to flatten the pizza dough onto it. Add the pesto, courgette, peaches and season with rosemary, salt and pepper. Drizzle with a little olive oil.
  3. Cook in a preheated oven (200C), for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
A Peach & Courgette Pizza, surrounded by sprigs of rosemary
Water, olive oil, honey, and yeast being poured into a well of flour and salt.
The wet and dry ingredients for the pizza dough being mixed with a spoon.
The ingredients for pizza dough starting to be incorporated.
A hand kneading the pizza dough.
The ingredients for the pizza dough have been mixed to form a smooth dough. The dough is formed into a large ball in the center of the bowl.
The ball of pizza dough sitting on a greased baking tray.
The ball of dough flattened to form a pizza base.
The first two pizza toppings, 6 slices of courgette are sitting on a bed of pesto.
The peaches and nectarines added to the pizza, which is already topped with pesto and courgette.