Pizza faces

My boys made pizza this week. They made their own dough from flour, yeast, water, olive oil and a teaspoon of rice malt syrup. They kneaded it and shaped it into as round a shape as they could manage.

Then came the fun part - decorating it. First they spread some tomato sauce over the bread base, then sprinkled some grated cheese on top.

They trimmed some carrot greens and used them for the hair. A carefully carved mushroom became the eyebrows, whilst the eyes were sliced cherry tomatoes with a pitted black olive in the middle. Another pitted black olive was used for a nose. The ears were two small pieces of pepperoni. They decided their pizza man would have a moustache, so they positioned some chives under the nose (they didn't stay in place). Finally they cut a slice of red pepper to form the mouth.

Next time they have plans to make a pizza cat - watch this space!

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