Video: Polenta pizza with courgette (zucchini) and sundried tomatoes

I love pizza! I have loved pizza for almost all my life. 
I love it so much that we have pizza almost every Friday. It would be boring, though, if I always made the same one so I like to mix things up a little and experiment with different toppings as well as different crusts.

This one is one of my favorite. Instead of the bread crust I use polenta. It´s much easier and quicker to make, healthier and tastes amazing.
Put on top of your pizza whatever you fancy. I love the combination of courgette (zucchini) and sundried tomatoes which add extra flavor.
You can find the recipe for my polenta pizza here below the video.

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RECIPE
for 2-3 servings

Polenta crust
1 cup polenta
3 cups water
1 tsp dried oregano 
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp salt
1 pinch pepper

Tomato sauce
2 cups Passata 
1 tsp dried oregano 
1 tsp dried basil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper

Topping
1 tbsp olive oil or oil from sundried tomatoes
1 mozzarella 
1/2 courgette (zucchini) 
3 sundried tomatoes
a small hand full of fresh basil leaves

Method

1. Put the polenta with three cups of water, salt, pepper, oregano and basil into a small pot and bring it to the boil. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes while you keep stiring the polenta. Remove the polenta from the heat, place the lid on top and let it rest for about 10 minutes.

2. For the tomato sauce put the passata in a small pot, add oregano, basil, salt and pepper and bring it to the boil. Let it simmer for a few minutes to thicken the sauce slightly. Fill the hot sauce into a clean jar and let it cool before you store it in the fridge until you need it. You will need about a third of the sauce per pizza. It keeps in the fridge for about a week.

3. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Oil a backing tray either with olive oil or the oil from the sundries tomatoes.

4. Spread the polenta onto the prepared backing tray shaping it into a circle. Try to make the edges thicker, like a normal pizza crust would look like.

5. Let the polenta crust set for about 5 minutes until it builds a thin skin. 

6. Spread gently some tomato sauce on top of the crust.

7. Chop or tear the mozzarella into pieces and place them on top of the tomato sauce.

8. Slice the courgette (zucchini) and chop the sundried tomatoes into thin slices and place them on top of the cheese. 

9. Sprincle over some dried oregano and bake the pizza in the pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes until the cheese is nicely melted and takes on some color.

10. Before you serve the pizza decorate it with some fresh basil leaves.