Palava chicken
Pizza Caprese
- 400 GRAM FLOUR
- 1 TSP YEAST
- 1 TSP SALT
- 4 TOMATOES
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 4 TBSP OLIVE OIL
- HANDFUL BASIL LEAVES, cut
- 2 BOLLS MOZZARELLA
Fry the chicken breast slices on both sides until golden brown and put them in an oven tray. Fry the garlic, pepper and onions three minutes. Add the spinach and stir fry three minutes more. Add the chicken stock, the peanut butter, the thyme, pepper and salt to taste and the tomatoes and pour this over the chicken. Arrange the tomatoes on top and bake the chicken 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
Palava chicken is popular in Ghana. The 6th of March is Independence Day in Ghana. The country became independent in 1957 from Great Britain. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.
Mix the flour with the salt, the yeast, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 cup of lukewarm water and knead for 10 minutes. Allow the dough to rise 1 hour and roll it out into two big circles. In the meantime, stir fry the onion three minutes. Cut three tomatoes small and add them to the onions, simmer 15 minutes. Add salt and fresh milled pepper to taste. Distribute this mixture over the pizzas. Slice the remaining tomato. Put this on the tomato sauce, followed by the mozzarella and the basil leaves. Sprinkle the rest of the olive oil over the pizzas. Bake the pizzas 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius.
The island of Capri is close to Naples. A number of recipes are named after Capri like this one, for instance torta Caprese and insalata Caprese.
