Pizza di Patate. From Bari.This is another recipe from Nonna Stella. Calling it a pizza is a bit misleading as no bread or flour is involved. It is basically mashed potato baked with a cheese filling. Serves about 6 as a side dish.
Potato pizza ingredients
• 800g potatoes
• 150g scamorza or mozzarella
• 2 eggs
• About 50g Grana padano or Parmesan
• Butter
• Dry breadcrumbs
- Boil and mash the potatoes. I prefer to boil them whole and unpeeled, allow them to cool for a few minutes and then peel.
- Add the eggs and Grana to the potatoes and mix well.
- Well grease a pizza tin or spring form cake tin with butter. Dust the tin with breadcrumbs.
- Spread half of the potato mix over the base. Cover with the grated scamorze or mozzarell. Finally add the rest of the potato to form a layer over the cheese.
- Sprinke the top of the pizza with some more dry breadcrumbs an dot with small knobs of butter.
- Bake at 200°C for about 30 minutes. The pizza is ready when the top is nicely brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes before removing from the tin.
- Can be eaten hot, warm or even cold.
Potato pizza finished dish
