Pizza is a dish that you don’t need to persuade anyone to try. The kids eat it with an enviable appetite - you can’t pull it away by the ears.
Well, to ensure that pizza is only good for the child’s health, we offer 3 recipes for children’s pizza that will appeal to the young connoisseur of delicacies.
Important subtleties
It is better to cook pizza without mayonnaise. True, it turns out so dry. And if you are against such experiments, then simply prepare it with homemade mayonnaise.
Do not add sausage or smoked meats to pizza, but regular boiled or baked meat. To make your pizza tastier, simply use several types of meat, such as chicken, turkey and pork.
When preparing pizza, it is better to use the simplest types of cheese, such as Russian or mozzarella.
For baby pizza, it is better not to use mushrooms, olives and other “adult delicacies”. Children don't like them - so it's better to add them to dad's portion. He will be pleased!
And now let’s move on directly to preparing children’s pizza according to our TOP 3 recipes.
Pizza "Cheese"
Ingredients: for the dough: flour - 500 g, water - 300 ml, salt - 15 g, olive oil - 30 ml, pressed fresh yeast - 10 g; for filling: hard cheese - 100 g, butter - 30 g, garlic - 2 cloves, mozzarella - 250 g, basil - to taste.
Cooking method
- We dilute the pressed yeast in water, add salt and stir.
- Pour the flour onto the table in a heap and make a hole on top. Pour the liquid mixture into the flour and quickly knead the dough with your hands until it has an elastic consistency. Add olive oil to the dough and knead again.
- Leave the dough to infuse in a warm place for 1.5-2 hours.
- Prepare the sauce: add chopped garlic and basil to soft butter. Adjust the amount of garlic and basil to your taste. Mix well.
- Grate the cheeses.
- Roll out the dough on baking paper. Cover the base with butter sauce.
- Place half the cheese on top and spread the filling slightly away from the edges. When the oven has heated to 230 degrees, carefully transfer the pizza to a hot baking sheet and bake until golden brown.
Small pizzas without dough
If you don’t like fiddling with dough or simply don’t have time, and your baby is already waiting for tasty treats, make pizza on pita bread!
Cooking method
- To prepare pizza, take a sheet of pita bread, cut out circles from it (using muffin molds) either with a knife or a special mold.
- Grease each circle with vegetable oil.
- Place the lavash circles in muffin tins and spread a teaspoon of your favorite tomato sauce on each one.
- Place grated hard cheese on top, boiled meat, vegetables (to your taste) or fish on top.
- And put in the oven preheated to 200-220 degrees and bake.
Pizza in... a bag
Also, kids will definitely love the cone-shaped pizza. It’s fun to cook and interesting to eat. The idea will be relevant for children's parties.
Cooking method
- To make pizza, cut out a cone from cardboard and fasten it (you can use a stapler). We wrap it with foil on all sides.
- Then we take the dough, roll it out, cut out pieces and place them inside the cones.
- Place the cones on a baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 6-10 minutes.
- We take out the finished cones and fill them with filling to taste (tomato sauce, sausage, cheese, etc.). And put it in the oven again. Bake until done.
Pizza is rightfully considered the Italian national dish, which has gained popularity in many countries, both among adults and children. It has the shape of a round open flatbread, on which a special filling is laid out, topped with cheese and tomatoes.
This tasty and attractive dish will perfectly decorate a holiday table and will delight the youngest gourmets with its unusual taste.
Pizza for kids on their birthday is a win-win. Basic food for children should be portioned and have an unusual and attractive appearance. And the colorful and large pizza can be easily cut into small pieces and served separately to each child.
Features of preparing children's dishes
How to properly make pizza for a child. This question worries many parents. First of all, to prepare pizza for children, you need to carefully select the right ingredients. After all, not all products are recommended for baby food.
- Mayonnaise. Due to the high calorie and fat content of the product, it is advisable not to use it in baby food.
- Ketchup, which contains starch and vinegar, preservatives and artificial colors.
- Smoked meat products are not only high in harmful fats and additives, but also contain carcinogens that are dangerous for children's bodies.
In addition to the quality and usefulness of the products that make up homemade pizza for children, it is worth considering the child’s taste qualities. Very often, the ingredients for traditional pizza, which are familiar to adults, are not liked by children. So, such ingredients as onions and olives with their own specific taste are not always liked by children. Therefore, it is better not to use them.
Organization of pizza making with children
To add variety to the holiday and introduce children to Italian cuisine, you can try organizing a pizza-making master class with children.
To simplify the cooking process, it is advisable to prepare the crust dough and pizza filling in advance. And be sure to purchase aprons, sleeves and hats. Then children, preparing pizza on their own, will be able to feel like real cooks and at the same time remain just as elegant and clean.
The main task of adults is to prepare a colorful and memorable holiday for children and turn pizza making into a game.
Pizza recipe and features of its preparation
Prepare the pizza following the following sequence:
1. Dough. You can choose one of the options:
· buy ready-made puff pastry without yeast in the store;
· cook it yourself.
To do this you will need the following ingredients:
flour – 2 cups
milk or water – 0.5 cups
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
Flour is mixed with salt. Eggs, butter and milk should be beaten separately until a homogeneous mass is obtained, which is gradually added to the flour. Everything is carefully kneaded until the dough is elastic and does not stick to your hands. Cover the finished dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
2.Meat filling. Children's pizza can only be vegetable, without meat. But if kids want to make pizza with meat, offer them chicken or turkey fillet. It must first be boiled and then finely chopped.
3.Vegetables. These are fresh tomatoes and bell peppers. They are cut into small cubes and placed on top of the meat filling.
4. Sour cream replaces mayonnaise, which is used to make pizza for adults. The pizza is not so dry. In addition, thanks to sour cream, the vitamins contained in vegetables are better absorbed.
5. Hard cheese completes the preparation of the dish. It is grated and sprinkled over all the components laid out on the finished dough.
When everything is ready, put the dish in the oven and enjoy waiting for the pizza that the children made themselves.
While the treat is being prepared, you can organize competitions, the winners of which will have the right to choose the most delicious slice of pizza.
And if all this is too much trouble or the kids have already run into the circle and are asking for pizza, you can always place an order.
Pizza is a simple and interesting dish that children cook themselves with great pleasure. While working together in the kitchen, tell your children about pizza, consider the features of each ingredient and the variety of flavors.
Cooking any meal for a little one is a compromise. A compromise between healthy and tasty. And you don’t always know in advance what will win, tasty or healthy. But you try. And especially when you are preparing pizza for a child.
It would seem, what is the difference between regular pizza and children's pizza? Well, minimal spices. Definitely homemade, and not from a store or cafe. What else? You can also make cottage cheese dough rather than yeast dough. Use fresh tomatoes instead of ketchup and tomato paste. Place boiled chicken meat as filling. And use cigliegini (small balls of mozzarella) rather than parmesan.
So, here's a pizza recipe for a child.
Makes 8 small children's pizzas. Cooking time - 40 minutes.
Ingredients
for test:
- flour - 250 grams
- cottage cheese - 130 grams
- salt - 0.5 teaspoon
- baking powder - 2 teaspoons
- egg - 1
- olive oil - 50 ml
- milk - 50 ml
For filling:
- boiled chicken meat - 200 grams
- tomato - 1 large or 2 small
- basil - 2 sprigs
- chiliegini - 24-30 balls
Preparation
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First prepare the filling. Cut skinless and boneless chicken into small pieces or disassemble it with your hands.
Place clean chopped tomato and basil leaves into a blender. Puree them and add salt to taste.
For the dough, place the sifted flour in a bowl, add baking powder and a pinch of salt. Stir.
Put the cottage cheese and beat in the egg.
Stir a little with a fork.
Pour in milk and olive oil.
Knead into a homogeneous dough.
Knead into a homogeneous dough. Divide it into 7-8 pieces, make a small circle out of each (you can use a rolling pin, or you can use your hands).
Pour in tomato sauce.
Place the chicken pieces and spread over the entire surface of the pizza.
Top with some chiliegini.
Place all prepared pizzas on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake them for 15-20 minutes at 200°C.
Serve warm.
Adviсe
For older children, you can add other spices to the sauce, for example, a small amount of a mixture of Italian herbs.
The toppings on baby pizza can vary depending on what your baby likes. A variety of vegetables are great. It is not advisable to use sausage.
The tomatoes should be very fleshy so that the sauce is not watery. You can make it thicker by boiling it a little over low heat.
Cooking any meal for a little one is a compromise. A compromise between healthy and tasty. And you don’t always know in advance what will win, tasty or healthy. But you try. And especially when you are preparing pizza for a child.
It would seem, what is the difference between regular pizza and children's pizza? Well, minimal spices. Definitely homemade, and not from a store or cafe. What else? You can also make cottage cheese dough rather than yeast dough. Use fresh tomatoes instead of ketchup and tomato paste. Place boiled chicken meat as filling. And use cigliegini (small balls of mozzarella) rather than parmesan.
So, here's a pizza recipe for a child.
Makes 8 small children's pizzas. Cooking time - 40 minutes.
Ingredients
for test:
- flour - 250 grams
- cottage cheese - 130 grams
- salt - 0.5 teaspoon
- baking powder - 2 teaspoons
- egg - 1
- olive oil - 50 ml
- milk - 50 ml
For filling:
- boiled chicken meat - 200 grams
- tomato - 1 large or 2 small
- basil - 2 sprigs
- chiliegini - 24-30 balls
Preparation
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First prepare the filling. Cut skinless and boneless chicken into small pieces or disassemble it with your hands.
Place clean chopped tomato and basil leaves into a blender. Puree them and add salt to taste.
For the dough, place the sifted flour in a bowl, add baking powder and a pinch of salt. Stir.
Put the cottage cheese and beat in the egg.
Stir a little with a fork.
Pour in milk and olive oil.
Knead into a homogeneous dough.
Knead into a homogeneous dough. Divide it into 7-8 pieces, make a small circle out of each (you can use a rolling pin, or you can use your hands).
Pour in tomato sauce.
Place the chicken pieces and spread over the entire surface of the pizza.
Top with some chiliegini.
Place all prepared pizzas on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake them for 15-20 minutes at 200°C.
Serve warm.
Adviсe
For older children, you can add other spices to the sauce, for example, a small amount of a mixture of Italian herbs.
The toppings on baby pizza can vary depending on what your baby likes. A variety of vegetables are great. It is not advisable to use sausage.
The tomatoes should be very fleshy so that the sauce is not watery. You can make it thicker by boiling it a little over low heat.
