Pizza with Sardines and Arugula

Do you like pizza? This recipe shows a possibility to make your Saboreal pizza from scratch. However, you can also buy the pre-made pasta.

This recipe was kindly provided by Ana Matos - Food photographer (and also an artist in the kitchen ).

Ingredients:

Pizza dough

• 110 ml of warm water
• 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 15 gr of fresh baker's yeast
• 200 gr of T55 flour without yeast

Filling

• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 2 tablespoons of oregano 
• 2/3 cup of tomato sauce
• 200 gr of sardine and tomato Petiscada
• Grated Parmesan cheese q, b,
• Olives qb
• Arugula qb

Preparation:

In a small bowl, add the warm water with the sugar and yeast. Let it rest.

In another bowl add the flour, salt and oil, wrap everything. Gradually add the yeast to the water and stir well. Place the dough on a surface and knead the dough until you get an elastic dough.

Cover with a cloth and let the dough rise for 2 hours or until it doubles in size.

With the help of a rolling pin, roll out the dough in a circle. Top with tomato sauce and oregano. Place the olives over the sauce and place in the oven that has been preheated to 230ºC to bake for about 15 minutes or until the dough is golden brown.

Remove the pizza from the oven and put some grated cheese and a Petiscada of Sardines and Tomatoes on top. Decorate with arugula and serve.