Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Pesto

1. Add all your ingredients to the blender and blend

Garlic Filling

1. Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix

MKD

1. Add all the ingredients to a microwave bowl, and heat in the microwave for 60-90 seconds.

2. Stir well until a doughball forms.

Construction

1. Weigh the dough and divide into 3 equal chunks.

2. Roll out each dough ball into a large circular shape, that fits your pizza baking tray - it may need 10 -20 seconds in the microwave, to soften the dough before rolling - 25cm diameter*

3. You now have 3 circular dough shapes

4. Line your baking tray with greaseproof paper and put the first circular layer on this

5. Spread half of the pesto or garlic filling, all over, but leave a cm gap at the edge

6. Pop the second rolled out circular MKD on top of this pesto or garlic covered layer

7. Again spread the rest of the pesto or garlic on this second layer of MKD

8. Finally put the 3rd layer of MKD on top, so you will have 3 layers of MKD and 2 layers of pesto or garlic filling

Star construction

1. Put a small glass or ramakin dish in the centre of the MKD, and slightly push in to the dough to make a small indentation in the centre - refer to pictures

2. When cutting the dough into the strips for the stars do not cut all the way to the centre, only go up to the indentation

3. There will be 16 strips, so 8 star points.  2 star points per portion

4. A pizza wheel works really well here, or I prefer scissors

5. Now grab a strand and twist only the once and twisting outwards to the right (the opposite direction of the strand it's going to be pushed back together) 

6. Do the same with the strand to the left, only twist in the opposie direction  (so twist to the left) and now pinch the 2 strands together - refer to pictures

7. Season with whatever you like…. I chose Parmesan and black pepper this time, but chilli flakes would be great too - tip to make these dry parmesan / black pepper stick to the top, you could paint the top with egg

8. Bake 15 -25 minutes or until golden. 

9. Keep an eye on it after 20 minutes, mine took 22 minutes

10. Make sure its lovely and crisp on the base before attempting to move it.  If hot, you will need a spatula to move each slice

11. It will stiffen up when cool and a quick boost in the panini press, oven or microwave if you want to eat it hot later ...enjoy :-)