Spooky Spiderweb Pizza

Name: Spooky Spiderweb Pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ready-made pizza dough (about 400g); 120ml passata; 1 tsp dried oregano; 200g grated mozzarella; 50g black olives, pitted; 1 small red pepper; 1 tbsp olive oil

A crisp, cheesy Halloween pizza finished with a mozzarella web and an olive spider for a playful centrepiece.

30 mins Serves 4Oven

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Method

15 mins prep15 mins cook30 mins total

Heat the oven to 220°C, or 200°C fan, and line a baking tray with baking paper.
Unroll or stretch the pizza dough on the tray. Spread over the passata, leaving a small border, then season with the oregano.
Scatter over the mozzarella. Cut a few thin strips from the red pepper and arrange them as extra decoration.
Halve one olive for the spider body, slice another into thin legs, and arrange them on the pizza. Use the remaining olives around the web.
Bake for 12–15 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling. Rest for 2 minutes before slicing.

About this recipe

This crisp-based pizza turns a simple tomato and mozzarella topping into a Halloween centrepiece. A few deliberate cuts of mozzarella make the web, while black olives provide the spider and its legs.

It is easy to assemble with children before an adult handles the hot oven, and it is best served in slices while the cheese is still stretchy.