Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Come every winter when I was a kid, I used to pray for snow so that I could get a day off school and go sledging with my friends. I remember the feeling of getting utterly frozen to the core and only eventually giving in and returning home when my fingers were actually burning with pain! Now though, the story is quite different. Now I commute. Now I pray it never snows. Alas, the weather forecast is predicting it for the end of the week. So to cheer myself up I’ve created a pizza recipe that provides me with the warming thoughts of those hot chocolates given to me after a hard morning of sliding down those snow-covered hills!

To make the base for this pizza, please click here.

Ingredients:

250g mascarpone cheese

Strips of ham

Drizzling of dark chocolate

Sprinkling of chilli flakes

Method:

1. When the bases have finished proving, remove them from the oven and turn the heat up to 210°C.
2. Spread the mascarpone over the bases, recreating that heavenly image of freshly fallen snow.
3. Top with the ham and sprinkle over the chilli flakes to help warm you up.
4. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
5. Before serving, and if you’re brave, drizzle over some melted dark chocolate. Because, at the end of the day, chocolate fixes everything.
6. Buon appetito!