Whenever I have any leftover pizza dough, I try to see for any other ingredient in my refrigerator, that can go as a filling with the dough. You can substitute the stuffing which I have mentioned with something like leftover chicken tikka pieces, or any dry vegetable preparation. Or simply just stuff it with lots of cheese and jalapenos as a lunch box option.
Baked Cheesy Bites
Make these Baked Cheesy Bites with the left-over pizza dough topped with the ingredients available at hand. Perfect for evening snack or brunch.
Ingredients
For the dough
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tbsp powdered milk
- 1 tbsp dry yeast
- 4 tbsp oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp castor sugar
For the topping:
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 200 grams chicken mortadella finely chopped or chicken sausage
- 100 grams chopped pickled jalapenos or green chili chopped
Other ingredients:
- 4 tbsp white sesame seeds
- 1 whole beaten egg for glazing
Instructions
To make the dough
- Beat egg and oil and set aside.
- Dissolve dry yeast into 3 tbsp of warm water along with sugar and leave it for 10 minutes. You will see froth forming on the surface after 10 minutes.
- Take a large mixing bowl, and add flour. Make a small dent in the center of the flour and pour beaten egg, oil, and frothy yeast and sugar mixture and also the milk powder.
- With a fork or hand, start mixing gently until everything is combined with flour.
- By adding enough of water, little at a time, form into a smooth soft dough. (the more you knead the dough-the softer your bread will be)
- Grease your bowl with oil and keep the dough in it covered till it rises to its double the size. (This takes about 1 hour)
To make cheesy bites
- Pre-heat oven to 250 deg C.
- Take the risen dough and knead it a little bit to remove the excess air.
- Divide the dough into small lemon size balls and flatten each ball into 3 inches of diameter disc (roughly).
- Place the grated cheese, chicken and jalapenos on half of the disc and fold over the other half to form a semi-circle.
- With help of a fork, neatly press the ends so that they do not open while baking.
- With help of a cooking brush, apply beaten egg as a glaze over the prepared dough and sprinkle a tsp of sesame seeds.
- Place all the cheese bites into a greased baking tray and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven when it gets a golden color, cool it slightly and then serve as evening snack or as breakfast.
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