Spider mini pizzas

Serves: 8 (makes 8 mini pizzas)

Time to make: 25 mins

Hands-on time: 15 mins

Ingredients

8 mini pita breads (we used Danny’s Mini Oat Bran Pita)
8 teaspoons pizza paste or no-added-salt tomato paste
8 slices (21g each) edam cheese
8 tablespoons grated mozzarella cheese
1 pickled gherkin, cut into 8 round slices
100g jar capers, drained and rinsed

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Instructions

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1 Heat the oven to 180°C.

2 Spread pizza paste onto each pita bread. Cut the edam slices into thin strips and arrange them to resemble spokes of a wheel. Arrange the grated mozzarella between the edam cheese strips to resemble concentric circles of a spider’s web. To make a spider, use a pickle slice for the body, 3 capers per leg (8 legs per spider).

3 Bake for 10 minutes to melt the cheese.

Variations

Instead of pita bread, use sliced-up bread rolls, or cut out circles from wholegrain bread with a cookie cutter.
You can make spiders from black or green olives, too — one pitted olive for the body, another sliced up for legs.
Red spiders can be made using sun-dried tomatoes.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 208 cal

Kilojoules 870 kJ

Protein 12 g

Total fat 7 g

Saturated fat 5 g

Carbohydrates 25 g

Sugar 2 g

Dietary fibre 2 g

Sodium 530 mg

Calcium 220 mg

Iron 0 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.