SOUTH OF THE BORDER PIZZA

This Mexican-inspired pizza is topped with avocado, bacon and jalapeno-flavoured Monterey Jack cheese. Simply skip the bacon if you’d like to make it a vegetarian pizza. We like cooking it on the barbecue to ensure a nice crispy crust.

Yield: Serves 4.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER PIZZA

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and diced
  • 2 tbsp crumbled cooked bacon, optional
  • 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 1 baked pizza crust
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeno peppers
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced

Directions

  1. Preheat natural gas barbecue on low heat for 10 - 15 minutes.
  2. To prepare avocado salsa, combine avocado, bacon, green onions, lime juice, cumin, salt and pepper; set aside.
  3. Brush top of pizza crust with oil. Sprinkle with half of cheese. Arrange tomatoes over cheese. Top with remaining cheese.
  4. Place pizza on a pizza pan or directly on barbecue grid. With lid down, bake pizza until heated through and cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Slice and serve topped with avocado salsa.
Nutritional analysis per slice:

259 calories, 15.3 g fat, 10.7 g protein, 21.2 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre, 501 mg sodium