Ham and Ant Pizza

This is no joke, these big ants start flying in the first two weeks of the rainy season in the Chiapas they are caught and dried and they taste like pork. I was a little apprehensive at first but they are absolutely delicious. And this pizza was amazing, I stumbled upon the most amazing ham and cheese shop in San Christobal and made a pizza base with beer as we had no yeast. Best pizza ever.

Method

For the tom sauce, boil your toms with the onion and garlic for 20 mins then put through a blender. Place back on the stove with the herbs and reduce till you get a nice thick paste - about 2 hours.

For the Dough just add a bit of beer to the flour and work into a nice sticky dough. Leave to sit for half an hour for the proteins to get working and then roll out into a nice thin crust.

Brush a baking tray with oil and then salt over the oil. This will make the crust some kind of magic. Cover the base with the tomato sauce and place in the oven on high for 10 mins. Remove from the oven and put your sliced cured ham and cheese over it in pieces. Bake for a further 10 mins.

• Ant Pizza
• Edible Insects
• Home Made Pizza
• Meat