Neven Maguire's Pumpkin Pizza with Cashel Blue & Pickled Red Onion.

Did we ever tell you about the time Neven Maguire featured us in his book ‘The Nation’s Favourite Food Fast” ?

Pickled Red Onion

4 tbsp caster sugar

4 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 red onion, very thinly sliced

sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Pizza Toppings

Pumpkin, peeled, seeded & diced

Cashed Blue Cheese

Fresh Rocket

• All topped on Pizza da Piero Pizza Bases

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Heat your oven to the highest temp.

Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan over a medium - high heat. Sauce the pumpkin for 8-10 minutes, until it is cooked through but still holding its shape.

Meanwhile, make the pickled red onions. Put the sugar and vinegar in a small pan and bring to a simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the red onion slices. Season to taste and set aside to allow the flavours to combine.

Put the pizza bases on 2 large baking sheets and arrange the sautéed pumpkin and Cashel Blue on top. Bake for about 3- 5 minutes, until the base is crisp and the blue cheese has melted. Remove the pizza from the oven and add mounds of the sweet pickled red onion, draining it of any excess liquid. Scatter over the rocket, drizzle with a little olive oil and transfer to warmed platters to serve straight to the table.

Simple Basil Pesto Pizza

As simple as a Margherita Pizza, this goes down a treat with kids.

Pre heat oven to the highest temperature

Spread Basil Pesto on your Pizza Base

Top with Mozzarella

Cook for 3-5 minutes

Pizza with pear, blue cheese and walnuts

This recipe was featured on LovinDublin a while back when they tried out our pizza bases. We’ve changed up the recipe a bit to suit what we had in the press and that’s what’s so great about making your own pizza - the experimenting with flavours, ingredients and using what’s available.

For a simply sinful weekend indulgence like this one, you’ll need -

Pizza da Piero Pizza Base

Grated Mozzarella

1 Ripe Pear thinly sliced

Blue Cheese

Toasted Walnut Pieces

1 small Onion

Tablespoon of Butter

(Optional) Handful of Rocket & drizzle of Honey

1) Pre Heat your oven to the highest temperature

2) Finely chop the Onion and sauté in the Butter on a low heat until soft (about 10mins)

3) Spread Onion and Butter on the Pizza Base

4) Sprinkle with grated Mozzarella

5) Arrange the Pear, Blue Cheese and toasted Walnuts on the Pizza.

6) Cook in oven for 3 - 5 minutes

7) Top with Rocket and drizzle with Honey

Prepare to have mind blown 💥🍐🍕

Fresh Mozzarella, Beef Tomato & Basil Pizza

We’re teaming Piero’s homemade pizza sauce with some fresh basil, garlic and mozzarella to cook up a simple pizza that will kick your taste buds into next week.

Ingredients -

Pizza da Piero Pizza Bases

Tomato Pizza Sauce

Handful of fresh Basil

1 Beef Tomato

2 Garlic Cloves

3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

1 Pack of Mozzarella Cheese (slice thinly)

How to make it -

1) Spread your pizza sauce on the base

2) Blitz the garlic, oil and basil in a food processor

3) Spoon half the basil mixture on top of the pizza sauce.

Top with the cheese and thin slices of tomato.

4) Bake for 3-5 minutes

5)Top with remaining basil mixture

#MeatFreeMonday - why we've decided to cut down on eating meat 🌿

Piero cooks one hell of a steak. Most Fridays, he'll arrive home from the bakery with some really good quality sirloin or ribeye steaks. With a pinch of salt & pepper and a squeeze of lemon, he can fry up restaurant-quality steaks in less then 10 minutes. Delicious.

So, you'd think our love of good steak would have us eating it every day? Nope! We're firm believers of everything-in-moderation and eating a balanced diet. Meat free Monday was an idea from Paul & Stella McCartney in 2009 inspired, of course, by Linda McCartney. 

These days eating vegetarian or vegan meals are more common. So here's our top 3 reasons for going #meatfree once a week:

Try something new

Even if you're not a good cook, it's a great opportunity to learn some really tasty and simple recipes.

Being a healthy eater means being an adventurous eater. Yes, sticking to the same diet all the time is convenient, but trying new foods can have so many positive benefits. Do you have a favourite food? Do you think there's anything better out there? Of course not! But hang on, how do you know? I was never a big fan of cauliflower growing up. Then I came across a recipe that I thought looked interesting, so I decided to give it a try. Now I make these Vegan Cauliflower Falafels for my lunch all the time. A unique and amazing dish I would never have discovered had I not been a little adventurous.

Save a little money

My vegetarian recipes are always made from food I already have in the kitchen. It's amazing the dishes that can be made once you have a well stocked larder. We keep staples such as veg stock, tin tomatoes, coconut milk, lentils, chickpeas, pasta and pizza bases. Some days we'll just have a really simple pasta and pizza dish with a green salad or a vitamin packed soup always goes down well for lunch. Green pesto is so easy to make and you can add it to pasta or top a pizza base for a delicious, quick, meat free meal like mouth watering Panfried Mushroom & Pesto Pizza

Health Benefits

This Food Pyramid is designed to make healthy eating easier. Healthy eating is about getting the correct amount of nutrients – protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals - you need to maintain good health. 

Cutting down on meat could be one of the most significant things we can do for our health. If you don’t know where to start in your healthy eating journey, the best change you can make in your home is to focus on cooking more items from scratch instead of buying processed foods. Vegetarian dishes are a great way to make simple, fresh food. Taking it week by week, we'd recommend experimenting with different vegetables and gradually trying newer things.

Variety is the spice of life so next time you're doing your food shop why not pick up:

- A grain you've never tried before, like Quinoa, Couscous, Bulgar or even Sweet Corn

-Vegetables of all colours, like Peppers, Tomato, Courgette, Asparagus & Aubergines

- Pizza da Piero Pizza Bases. Our artisan pizza bases are the only bases to go through a two day fermentation process. This is the traditional Italian way that makes them so delicious and easy to digest. Topped with your favourite veggies they provide a simple solution to any meat free meal. They freeze really well so you can have them on hand any time.