Red Thai Turkey Pizza

Once again I've had the pleasure of being asked by Lean on Turkey to come up with a creative turkey recipe to prove that turkey most definitely is not just for Christmas. This time the challenge is to come up with a pizza or pasta recipe using fresh turkey. The first recipe that sprang to mind was spaghetti bolognaise using turkey mince but it didn't seem very adventurous so I decided to go down the pizza route. Instead of scattering cooked turkey breast on the top, which would seem the obvious choice, I used it instead of the tomato base, spicing it up slightly with a Thai paste.

It's a very quick meal to cook, especially as the base doesn't contain yeast so needs no proving time - only about 15 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.

Red Thai Turkey Pizza - serves 4

1 tbsp Olive oil
225g Turkey thigh mince
50g Red Thai paste
150g SR flour
1 tbsp Olive oil
100ml milk
150g grated Mozzarella cheese
1/2 small red pepper, sliced
2 mushrooms, sliced
4 mini corns, sliced
few slices of fresh red chilli

• Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan
• Add the turkey mince and thai paste and cook on a medium heat until the turkey is cooked through, stirring regularly

• Make the pizza base by mixing the flour, olive oil and milk together to form the dough - you may not need all of the milk so keep a little back until the dough is almost mixed and add it if it seems too dry
• Roll the dough out onto a floured surface to fit your baking tray or pizza stone - mine was 30cm in diameter
• Flour the baking tray and lay the rolled out dough on top

• Spread the turkey mince over the base

• Top with the mozzarella, then the pepper, mushrooms, corn and chilli

• Bake in a preheated 180 C oven for approx 18-20 minutes until browned on top

A family meal enjoyed with chips and salad....

This is a sponsored post, however the recipe is my own


This post is an entry for BritMums’ Summer Turkey Recipe Challenge with Lean on Turkey