Vegetarian pizza

Ingredients:

• 1 large ready-prepared pizza base
• (or see dough on page 517)
• 200ml/7fl oz tomato purée
• 4 spinach leaves, stalks removed
• 1 tomato, sliced
• 1 celery stick, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 green pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 baby courgette, sliced
• 25g/1oz fresh asparagus tips
• 25g/1oz sweetcorn kernels
• 25g/1oz fresh or frozen peas
• 4 spring onions, trimmed and
• chopped
• 1 tablespoon mixed dried herbs
• 50g/2oz mozzarella
• cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 marinated artichoke heart
• olive oil for drizzling
• sea salt and freshly ground
• black pepper

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6.

• Put the pizza base on a large greased baking tray. Spread the tomatopurée over the base, almost to the edge.

• Arrange the spinach leaves on the sauce, followed by the tomato slices.Top with the remaining vegetables and the herbs.

• Mix together the cheeses, and sprinkle over the top. Put the artichokeheart in the centre. Drizzle the pizza with a little oil and season with saltand pepper.

• Bake in the oven for 18–20 minutes until the edges are crisp andgolden. Serve immediately.