Pizza tart

Simple, delicious and a crowd pleaser

Perfect for a snack or the lunchbox

I made my own pastry, but you can easily use store-bought

Fill with whatever rocks for your child

Mine was delighted with these as a lunch option!

Recipe – Pizza tart

Pastry (or use store-bought)
½ cup flour (I used wholemeal)
31.25gm butter (chopped or grated)
Pinch of salt
Water

Filling (choose whatever you have & rocks for your child)
Tomato paste (optional)
Oregano (optional)
Mozzarella (melts well but could use cheddar/Edam)
Salami (and/or chicken, sausage, bacon, pineapple)

Method

Pastry
Preheat oven to 180°
Rub together flour, butter and salt (I used the food processor)
Add enough cold water to form a non-sticky dough
Allow to rest (I didn’t and it was fine!)
Separate into 6 balls
Roll into circles
Place into a muffin tin
Par bake until slightly browning (approx. 12 mins)

Filling
Add filling
I spread tomato paste, added a sprinkle of oregano

Some grated mozzarella, slices of salami, more cheese
Return to the oven and cook until cheese melts and pastry crispy
Approx 10 mins
Serve hot or cold

Judith, MA Cantab (Cambridge University), MSc Psychology (first-class honours), is working on a PhD, an AOTA accredited picky eating advisor and internationally certified nutritional therapist. She works with 100+ families every year resolving fussy eating and returning pleasure and joy to the meal table.

She is also mum to two boys and the author of Creating Confident Eaters and Winner Winner I Eat Dinner. Her dream is that every child can approach food from a place of safety and joy, not fear.

Learn more about Judith here: https://theconfidenteater.com/about/