your hand to thin it out, making the edges thicker than the middle. Use the reserved dough to add ears, pressing them very well to make sure they stick on. 6.Add your toppings to the dough, leaving space at the top for the cat face.Add sliced black olives for the eyes and mouth. 7. Leave the pizzas to prove at room temperature for about 20 minutes, or until puffed up slightly.They shouldn’t increase much in size. If you did an overnight first rise, then just wait for the dough to come to room temperature (up to two hours) before you bake it. 8. Once risen, slide any flat tray (or even a piece of stiff cardboard) under one of the pizzas – this should be easy to do, as the pizza should be on a sheet of baking paper. Slide the pizza along with the baking paper onto the preheated stone, steel or baking sheet that’s in the oven. If you’re not using a heated tray, simply place the tray of pizza in the oven as normal. 9. Bake one pizza at a time, for around five to 12 minutes each.The hotter your oven and the hotter the baking stone or steel, the quicker they will bake!
10. Once cooked, quickly paint the whiskers using black food dye mixed with a tiny amount of water and a paintbrush, then season with pepper, scatter with fresh basil (depending on your chosen toppings) and drizzle with extra olive oil. Serve straight away. Bake Me A Cat by Kim-Joy is published by Quadrille on 16 March, priced £16.99.
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