Cherry & almond pizza

Ingredients:
* 1 quantity Traditional Pizza Dough, made up to end of step 2
* 30 g (1 oz/2 tablespoons) ground almonds

Topping:
* 2 egg whites
* 125 g (4 oz / 3/4 cup) ground almonds
* 90g (3 oz / 1/3 cup) caster sugar
* few drops almond essence
* 750g (1 1/2 lb) jar Morello cherries in juice
* 60 g (2 oz / 1/2 cup) flaked almonds
* 3 tablespoons Morello cherry jam
* icing sugar for dusting
* whipped cream, to decorate

1. Preheat oven to 220C (425F/Gas 7). Knock back risen dough and knead dough with ground almonds. Follow instructions given in step 3.
2. In a bowl, lightly whisk egg whites. Stir in ground almonds, caster sugar and almond essence. Spread the mixture evenly over pizza base.
3. Drain cherries, reserving juice. Spoon over pizza, reserving a few for decoration. Sprinkle with flaked almonds and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until dough is crisp and golden.
4. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat reserved juice and jam until syrupy. Dust cooked pizza with icing sugar and decorate with whipped cream and reserved cherries. Serve the sauce separately.

Serves: 4-6