Ham & ricotta pizzas with pesto

This colourful, flavour-packed pizza is a great store cupboard supper with only five ingredients

Serves 2

Ingredients

4 tbsp tomato pasta sauce

2 pizza bases

2 slices ham, roughly torn

½ 250g tub ricotta

1 tbsp fresh pesto

Method

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Place a flat baking sheet in the oven to heat up. Spread 2 tbsp tomato sauce on each pizza base. Carefully slide the bases onto the baking sheet and cook following pack instructions.

Five mins before the cooking time is up, scatter over the ham, dot the ricotta on top in spoonfuls and continue cooking. Season and drizzle the pesto over each pizza.

Alternatives for a quick pizza base

ready made puff pastry - pitta bread - soft wheat tortillas - you could at a push use bread.

play around with the toppings spread tomato paste or puree over the base use chicken, sausage, bacon, any cheese they you have in the fridge, sliced tomato, sliced peppers, mushrooms, onions.