Thursday, 15 December 2016

Chocolate and Blackberry Pizza

When I made my favourite pizza base recently I kept the savoury pizza simple and spent most of my energies on the dessert pizza.  We were watching a cartoon about a dog's Christmas Carol.  I was in the kitchen for much of it and the pizza wasn't ready until Sylvia was almost ready for bed.  But it was worth it when we all sat on the couch eating pizza covered in melting chocolate and tart blackberries.

Yes, we were all very happy with it but the blackberries weren't a huge hit.  E was pleased to have a piece with not too many berries and Sylvia just picked all hers off.  But I loved the contrast of the sweet and tart.  The blackberries were the perfect contrast to the rich gooey chocolate and cream cheese.

It is based on another recipe for chocolate and raspberry pizza that I blogged about years ago.  However it was madewhen my photography skills were even worse than today.  And besides, I can't resist tweaking a recipe, even mine.  But most of all, I really love it and good food is always worth sharing.  I just wish you have been in my lounge so I could have served you up a slice - we had plenty leftover - but a virtual slice will have to do!

I am sending this pizza to Choclette for We Should Cocoa.

More dessert pizza ideas on Green Gourmet Giraffe:
Cream cheese, nectarine and maple syrup
Cream cheese, choc chips, raspberries
Chocolate, caramel chips, coconut milk and mixed berries 
Custard and nectarines 
Nutella, choc chips, raspberries 
Lime cheesecake spread (vegan), choc chips, plums and Viennese Christmas sugar

Chocolate and Blackberry Pizza
Inspired by this Green Gourmet Giraffe pizza
Makes 1 large pizza

1/2 batch of fast track pizza dough
2-3 heaped tbsp cream cheese
1 tsp maple syrup
125g frozen blackberries
1/2 cup dark choc chips

Pat fast track pizza dough into a lined large pizza tray.  Mix cream cheese and maple syrup.  Spread cream cheese mixture over pizza base, sprinkle with choc chips and then dot blackberries over the top.  Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 220 C until pizza is golden brown around the edges.  (I  baked mine for 20 minutes on middle shelf and then last 5 min on top shelve becasue it was still not browned around the edges.)  Leave for 5 to 10 minutes so you don't burn your tongue.  Eat warm.

NOTES: This could be made vegan.  The pizza dough is vegan and I used tofutti cream cheese.  I don't tend to buy vegan chocolate chips but if you have them then I am sure that would work.  Mine were about 50% cocoa and on the sweet side of dark chocolate.  If the choc chips were bitter, you might need more sweetener.  Other pizza bases could be used here.  Leftovers keep well in the fridge until the next day.

On the Stereo:
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13 comments:

  1. Shaheen16 December 2016 at 05:15

    Your blackberries look like a cross between raspberries and mulberries, they are very red, the blackberries we get here are much darker. Sadly I missed out on blackberries this year : (
    The fruity pizza looks lovely, i like the sound of sweet and tart

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:54

      Thanks Shaheen - we don't often get blackberries so I am not sure if these are the ones always sold or just different this year

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  2. Cakelaw16 December 2016 at 07:51

    Glad you enjoyed your pizza even if E and Sylvia were lukewarm. More for you!

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:54

      Thanks Cakelaw - yes can't complain about that :-)

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  3. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella16 December 2016 at 16:43

    I find blackberries a bit too tart on their own. I recently bought a punnet that went moldy very quickly-within 3 days they were completely covered with mold!

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:55

      Thanks Lorraine - this punnet had been in the freezer until I had found the right recipe - probably because they were too tart to just eat

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  4. Kari17 December 2016 at 21:01

    I wish I could have been in your lounge too but am grateful for the pizza inspiration from afar! I would love to make this with soy cream cheese and some foraged blackberries next summer.

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:56

      Thanks Kari - it would be lovely to forage blackberries but sadly I don't know of any places here where they grow

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  5. Katie18 December 2016 at 19:15

    Love the flavour combination, sounds delicious. Will have to try the blackberry and cream cheese combo. I love keeping a little bit of pizza dough back and making a mini dessert pizza. My favourite is peanut butter on the base topped with slices of banana and choc chips.

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:57

      Thanks Katie - I would try the peanut butter combo if not for sylvia's peanut allergy which stops me experimenting with it in recipes

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  6. Gluten Free Alchemist24 December 2016 at 10:29

    Chocolate and blackberry? Yes please! Sounds delicious..... Now when will I make pizza again? Very soon I think!

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    1. Johanna GGG28 December 2016 at 16:57

      Thanks Kate - gotta have some pizza in your life :-)

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  7. Choclette1 January 2017 at 22:15

    Oh how I wish I'd been there to help you out with the pizza. I love the tartness fruit gives sweet bakes, it makes for a wonderful contrast and foil. I just love this idea and I'm now itching for a pizza - sweet or savoury but preferably both :)

    I hope you had a fun Christmas and I wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2017. Thanks for joining in with We Should Cocoa.

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