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Scallops & Bacon Pizza

Try our mouthwatering scallop and bacon pizza. Two of our all-time favourite ingredients, on a pizza – deliziosa!

Rating
Easy
Serves
2
Course
Main
Prepare
60 mins
Cook
20 min
Total time
85 mins

Ingredients

For the pizza base:

350g Pizza Flour (often sold as ‘Type 00’) or Strong White Bread Flour
½ tsp Sea Salt
1 rounded tsp Dried Yeast
200ml Warm Water

For the topping

1 tbsp oil
1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
Fresh thyme or marjoram
75g Greendale Streaky Bacon
Fresh Greendale Scallops
Parmesan
Salt & Pepper




To make the dough, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl and crumble in the sea salt. Make a well in the flour, then add the dried yeast and the tablespoon of oil. Next, pour in the water a little at a time, stirring it in as you go, until you have a smooth dough. Sprinkle a little flour over your work surface, then tip the dough on to it and knead with your hands for a few minutes, stretching and folding the dough repeatedly until it is smooth and elastic. Use a piece of kitchen paper to wipe the inside of a clean bowl with a little olive oil, then lift the dough into the bowl and cover the top of the bowl with clingfilm or a clean tea towel. Put the bowl somewhere warm (e.g. a sunny windowsill or an airing cupboard) and leave it for about 50 minutes, or until the dough has risen to around twice its original size.

When the dough has risen, switch your oven on to 220°C (Gas Mark 7) to preheat. Take a large baking sheet (ideally one without sides, as this will allow you to roll the base out thinly) and oil it lightly with a little more olive oil. Tip the dough out of its bowl on to your floured work surface and give it a quick knead to knock out any large air bubbles. Put the dough on to your tray, then use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll it out into a circle of about 25cm (for a thicker crust, don’t roll it out quite as much; for thinner, roll it out a little more). You can also roll the dough into a rectangle, or any other shape you like, or divide it into equal pieces and make several smaller pizzas – whatever you decide, remember to keep an eye on the cooking time as it may need adjusting slightly.

To make the topping, add 1 tbsp oil to a frying pan, then add one peeled and thinly sliced onion and a pinch of salt. Cook on a medium heat for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally, until soft. Allow to cool slightly, then spread the cooked onions across your pizza base (if you don’t want to use onions, just use one quantity of our Basic Tomato Pizza Topping instead). Strip the leaves from a couple of sprigs of fresh thyme or marjoram and scatter them over the onions/tomatoes, then roughly chop 75g Greendale Streaky Bacon and spread the pieces evenly over the pizza. Slice 6 fresh Greendale Scallops in half around their circumference and place them on the rest of the toppings, then add a generous grating of parmesan and plenty of ground black pepper. Cook in the hot oven for 10-15 minutes (depending on how thick your pizza base is) until the pizza crust is golden, the cheese is bubbling and the bacon and scallops are cooked through.