Easy Italian Recipes

This has to be one of my favourite pizzas. I ate it about 20 years ago in Viareggio on the coast of Tuscany where there is a daily fish market, and it still stays in my mind. When telling my children about my travels, I said the fish on the pizza was so fresh, the squid got up and ran away. I hope they don't believe me, but it really was one of the best pizzas I have ever eaten.

Make the pizza dough following the masterclass pizza margherita, roll out the dough balls to a thickness of about lcm and place them on one or two oiled baking trays. Spread a little of the tomato sauce over each one and top with a quarter of the seafood. Mix the oil, parsley, chilli, if using, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste in a small jug. Drizzle over the seafood and bake for a few minutes in the oven until cooked through and bubbling hot.

Serves 4

1 quantity of pizza dough
1 quantity of Tomato
Sauce (see masterclasses, pizza margherita)
12 king prawns
300g fresh mussels, cleaned 300g fresh clams
4 small squid, in 5mm rings 4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1/2 chilli, sliced (optional)
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped salt and freshly ground
black pepper