pizza with goat cheese

Ingredients

  • 1/4 recipe Pizza Dough (recipe p. 34), refrigerated for at least 8 hours
  • Unbleached all-purpose flour, for shaping the dough
  • 10 to 15 cloves roasted or slowcooked garlic
  • 5 to 6 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes (drained and sliced)
  • 3 oz. crumbled goat cheese
  • 1/2 tsp. capers, rinsed and drained
  • Pinch of dried oregano
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Directions

  1. Put the dough ball on a lightly floured surface, cover with a clean dishtowel, and let rise until almost double in size, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, put a baking stone on the lowest rack in the oven and heat the oven to 500°F.
  2. Put the proofed ball of dough on a lightly floured wooden board. Sprinkle a little more flour on top of the ball. Using your fingertips, press the ball down into a flat cake about 1/2 inch thick.
  3. Flour your fingers and the board for easier handling. Stretch the dough to a thickness of about 1/4 inch by using the backs of your hands or a rolling pin. It should be 9 or 10 inches across.
  4. Lightly flour a wooden pizza peel (or the back of a baking sheet). Gently lift the dough onto the peel and scatter with the garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, goat cheese, capers, and oregano. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
  5. Shake the peel gently back and forth to make sure the pizza isn’t stuck. Quickly slide the pizza onto the hot baking stone. Bake until the edges are golden, about 8 minutes. Using a peel, a wide spatula, or tongs, remove the pizza from the oven.

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