Flat Bread with Roasted Peppers and Mushrooms

Freshly made dough smeared with sauce and topped with bell peppers, mushrooms and cheese, baked crisp.

Ingredients:

For the Dough:

• 250 gms flour
• 10 gms yeast
• 5 gms sugar
• 5 gms salt
• Pepper to taste
• Water to mix
• 25 ml olive oil

For the topping:

• 2 roasted bell peppers (red and yellow)
• 150 gms sliced mushrooms
• 1-2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp red chilli flakes
• Few leaves oregano
• 2-3 basil leaves

Method:

1. In a bowl sift the flour, add salt and pepper.
2. Dissolve the yeast in water with sugar, salt.
3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
4. Add the olive oil and knead to soft dough.
5. Rest the dough covered in a warm place and let it rise to almost double in size.
6. Knock back the dough and on a floured surface roll out into a thin rectangle or any shape you like.
7. Trim to shape.
8. Marinate the bell peppers in olive oil, chilli flakes basil and oregano and set aside.
9. In a very hot pan sauté the mushrooms for the topping.

For the spread: 

1. Blend a few tomatoes, garlic cloves, basil, salt and pepper in a mixer into a nice thick paste.
2. Shape the dough into a thin rectangle and dust it with the flour.
3. Spread the tomato sauce on the bread and top it up with the marinated bell peppers and
4. sauté mushrooms.
5. Sprinkle some parmesan cheese and drizzle some olive oil.
6. Bake it in a preheated oven at 220 c for 12-15 minutes.
7. Garnish it with some grated parmesan, olive oil and basil.
8. Serve hot.

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