Following through on a new years resolution

One of the few creative things I can do is cook and bake, and tend to make things up as I go along. Here is my attempt to document my creativity.

Monday, August 9, 2010

3 cheese pizza with vodka sauce on herb crust


Makes 1 pizza, serves about 4

1 ball / pack of raw herb dough from Trader Joe's
flour
EVOO - Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pam cooking spray
1/3 - 1/2 bottle of Vodka sauce, also from Trader Joe's
about a 1/3 of a ball part skim mozzarella, shredded. turns into about 1 cup
1/2 log of fresh mozzarella ( use the whole log if you want and not use as much regular mozzarella. That would be dope. but I plan on making a caprese salad this week so I wanted the leftover half)
3 tablespoons or so of parmigiana reggiano cheese or whatever parm you feel like using.
4 cloves of garlic minced

before you get started, put the dough out of the fridge and allow to sit for at least 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. On a clean floured surface, roll out the trader joe's dough. On a pan or cookie sheet spray the surface with Pam cooking spray. Carefully lift the dough from the surface - I folded it into 4ths to lift and transfer - and place on the prepared pan. unroll the dough. Take some EVOO and drizzle about a couple teaspoons with directly on the dough. Brush to spread evenly all the way to the edge of the crust. Place the dough in the oven for about 8 minutes.

In the meantime. Shred the mozzarella cheese and mince the garlic. Take the fresh mozarella and cube into chunks or cut into thin slices.

When ready, take the dough out of the oven. This is called pi barring the crust (however you spell it). I found with the it creates even baking, and it makes it slightly crisper.

Spoon the bottled vodka sauce over the crust. spread evenly. I like to layer the cheese a little, sprinkle some fresh mozarella, some regular, add a little parm, and back to fresh. Top with the minced garlic sprinkled through the top.

Bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until cheese is just slightly browned. Transfer pizza to a large cutting board and slice.

1 comment:

  1. ayyyy... mucho bueno! Thanks for the recipe. It was easier than I thought and not bad for my first pizza.

    J

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