Fried Pizza

Yes, you read it right, fried damn pizza. Make it, fry it, eat it. Oh my…

Makes 1

INGREDIENTS

• Oil to fry, canola works great
• 1 quarter of the 3 minute pizza dough
• Flour
• ⅓ cup tomato sauce, any you like
• ½ cup burrata cheese
• 2-3 basil leaves, torn into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees
2. Pour about ½ inch of oil into a large heavy pan (cast iron would be ideal) and heat to approx 350-375 degrees
3. Sprinkle a little flour on a working surface and roll out dough into a circle 6- 8 inches in diameter
4. Carefully put the dough into the hot pan - lay it down facing away from you
5. Cook about 1-½ minute on each side, flip over carefully using tongs
6. Drain fried dough on paper towel, then place the crust on a baking sheet
7. Spread sauce evenly over the crust and then the burrata
8. Sprinkle with basil leaves and top with parmesan
9. Bake in the oven for about 5 minutes or until cheese melts
10. Slice and serve - you can thank me later.

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RICOTTA BACON FLATBREAD

We showed you how to make your own pizza dough... and now we show you what to do with it. You're gonna like this.

Makes 1 flatbread

INGREDIENTS

• 1 quarter of the 3 minute pizza dough
• Olive oil
• ¾ cup ricotta cheese
• ½ tablespoon olive oil
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced red onions
• ½ cup cooked bacon, crispy & crumbled
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• Kosher Salt
• 1/3 cup diced fresh tomatoes to garnish

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven 425 degrees
• Sprinkle a little flour on working surface and roll out dough into approximately an 8x11 flatbread
• Place on lightly oiled baking sheet pre-bake about 7 minutes
• In a small bowl combine ricotta cheese and olive oil, mix well
• Spread the ricotta on the pre-baked dough
• Top with onions, bacon, red pepper flakes and salt to taste
• Put back in oven and bake 5 more minutes
• Remove, top with tomatoes and serve

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Fresh Mozzarella & Tomato Pizza

Serves 6 as an appetizer

Also referred to as a 'Margherita" pizza (but different from the Margarita drink) this is easily on of my favorites. The fresh mozzarella makes it the bizzle. The quantities below will make a 10-inch pizza, or 2 of the smaller appetizer sized ones.

Ingredients

• 1-10" ready made pizza crust - like Boboli
• Fresh Mozzarella, sliced 1/8" thick
• 3-4 Roma tomatoes, sliced 1/8" thick
• Fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons Olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. Put tomatoes in bowl with olive oil & garlic, mix well
3. Put tomatoes on crust & cover with mozzarella (NOTE: Do not cover too perfectly - you want some of the tomatoes showing through)
4. Top pizza with some of the basil leaves
5. Bake approximately 12-15 minutes

Smoked Salmon, Dill And Goat Cheese Pizza

Serves 4

Bring on the brunch baby, cuz this is one of my favorite things to serve.

Ingredients

• 1 - 10 oz pre baked pizza crust
• Olive oil
• 1/4 cup fresh chopped fresh dill
• 5 ounces soft goat cheese
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 4 ounces smoked salmon, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 3 tablespoons capers, optional

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. Brush crust lightly with olive oil.
3. Spread goatcheese over the crust, sprinkle with 1/2 the dill then top with sliced onions
4. Bake until cheese melts and crust starts getting crispy about 12 minutes.
5. Remove from oven, top with salmon and remaining dill

(Spicy) BBQ Chicken Pizza

Makes one 12 inch pizza

Make this with a deli roasted chicken. I mean you can cook your own, but why would you? The spicy chili sauce is optional - but shouldn't be.

Ingredients

• 2 cups (about 8oz) cooked shredded chicken
• 1/3 cup BBQ sauce, approximately
• 1 pre baked pizza crust
• 1 cup - shredded mozzarella
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoons Asian chili sauce, optional
• fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. Mix cooked chicken with the BBQ and chili sauces
3. Spread chicken over crust and top with red onion and then the mozzarella
4. Bake 10-12 minutes until top starts to brown and get bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

Roasted Yellow Pepper Pizza

Serves 4

Great color, great taste and you get it together in about 2 minutes. What's not to like?

Ingredients

• 12" precooked pizza crust
• 5 ounce tub goat cheese
• 2 ounces arugula leaves, the ready-to-go kind is easiest
• 12 ounce jar roasted yellow peppers
• 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese
• Kosher salt and pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. Drain peppers
3. Spread goat cheese on crust, cover with arugula and spread peppers, over the top
4. Bake 10-12 minutes or until beginning to brown and get crispy
5. Remove from oven, season to taste with salt and pepper and sprinkle with parmesan cheese
6. Slice (of course) and serve

Optional: If you love red onion like I do, you can roughly chop 1/2 red onion, oven roast it for 10 minutes then sprinkle on top of the pizza with peppers.

White Pizza with Spinach & Garlic

Makes One 12 inch pizza

This is not your usual pizza. There's no red saucey stuff, there's three kinds of cheese and all kinds of flavor. And isn't flavor what it's all about?

Ingredients

• 1 ready made pizza crust
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic roughly chopped
• 2 - 3 ounces Feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 - 8 ounce bag of fresh spinach leaves
• 1 package sliced Provolone cheese
• 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Lightly rub or brush the crust with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil
2. Heat a pan on the stove and cook garlic in the olive oil about 30 seconds
3. Add the spinach to the garlic and stir until wilted - this won't take more than about a minute
4. Sprinkle Feta over the crust, it's ok if there's gaps
5. Spread the garlic and spinach over the Feta and top with slices of Provolone (it's still ok if there's gaps between the slices)
6. Top with the Mozzarella
7. Bake at 425 for about 15 minutes, or until the crust starts to brown and the cheese gets all melty

Red Pepper and Blue Cheese Bruschetta

Makes 16 - 20 pieces

This is an awesome appetizer. A different take on the average bruschetta.

Ingredients

• One long thin sourdough baguette
• One - 12 ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained well
• Olive Oil
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• One - 4 ounce package blue cheese crumbles

Directions

1. Preheat oven to broil
2. Cut the heels off the bread and slice in half lengthwise, then into 4 even pieces
3. Put the 4 pieces on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and put under broiler so it begins to crisp, 3 to 4 minutes
4. Rough chop the peppers
5. Cover each piece of bread with the chopped peppers and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper to taste
6. Cover evenly with blue cheese crumbles
7. Put back under the broiler to heat through and melt the cheese for about 5 minutes
8. Cut diagonally into 2 to 3 inch pieces and serve