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With a little help from the hit Instagrammer @cardiff.mum, Ashleigh Mogford, you can whip up these low-cost meals all in her brand new cookbook...
Deep Pan Pizzas
You could order a Domino’s or you could whip up some deep-pan pizzas for less than £5. I added crispy pancetta, as it’s my favourite pizza topping, but you can add whichever ones you like. These are super crispy on the outside and doughy on the inside. I like to freeze a few portions of the dough for when we fancy a treat.
Cooking time: 40 mins. Serves: 4
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 red peppers
• 1tbsp olive oil
• 4tbsp tomato purée
• 2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes
• 2 red onions
• 85g smoked pancetta
• ½tsp dried oregano
• 250g self-raising flour salt
• 100g grated Cheddar cheese
1. Chop the garlic and finely chop the red pepper. Fry them in a little oil for around 10 minutes, until the pepper is soft, then add the tomato purée and tinned tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Using a hand blender or a normal blender, blitz the sauce to make it smooth. It’s fine if you don’t have a blender, the sauce will just be chunky.
2. Chop the red onions and pancetta and pan fry them with the oregano in another pan. When the pancetta is crispy, remove and set aside.
3. Preheat your oven to 210°C (190°C fan/ gas mark 6).
4. Place the flour in a bowl with 100ml of water and a pinch of salt. Mix with your hands, then knead until you get a spongy dough. If the dough looks dry then add a splash more water.
5. Sprinkle some flour on a work surface and roll the dough into a round just larger than your pan.
6. Dust a large ovenproof frying pan with flour and add your rolled dough, pushing the edges into the sides of the pan to cover the base.
7. Spoon half of the sauce into the base of the pan. Add half of the pancetta, onions and cheese. Repeat with the rest of the sauce, onions, pancetta and finally scatter over the cheese. Place the pan on the hob over a medium-to-low heat for 5 minutes.
8. Put your pizza, still in the pan, into the oven for 15 minutes, or until the dough is cooked and the cheese melted and bubbling. Cool for 5 minutes then serve.
Lasagne Soup
Creamy, slow-cooked lasagne soup. Great for when you’re wanting lasagne, but not all the work that goes into it. Beef simmered with vegetables, Italian spices, a creamy tomato sauce and lasagne ribbons. Finish each bowl with a sprinkle of Parmesan and serve with garlic bread.
Serves: 4. Hands-on time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 6 hours 15 minutes slow cooking
• 1 onion
• 2 red peppers
• 6 cloves of garl
