Deep Dish Lisa Pizza

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Ingredients:

• sicilian pizza dough a href=https//wwwgeniuskitchencom/recipe/sicilian-pizza-dough-31072/Sicilian Pizza Dough/a
• 1 can roasted chopped tomato
• 1 jar roasted red pepper
• 1 head garlic
• 1/4-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 can sliced black olives
• 6 ounces feta cheese
• 5 thinly sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves cut in half
• 1/2 cup fresh basil shredded
• 2 -3 tablespoons pine nuts
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Heat a pizza stone in a 425 F oven for one hour before use
• Peel and slice all garlic cloves and place in olive oil to perfume it
• This is the oil you will use for the rest of the recipe
• Brush rimmed baking sheet with some olive oil to coat
• After pizza dough has rested 30 minutes
• per recipe
• punch down and dump into baking sheet
• With oiled fingers
• dimple and stretch/push dough to fill sheet
• with edges being a bit higher for crust
• Brush with olive oil and spread garlic over dough
• leaving 3/4 inch crust
• you should have a fair amount of oil left Place baking sheet on pizza stone and bake for 7-10 minutes
• until very light tan/brown
• Remove from oven and spread a layer of crushed/chopped tomatoes
• Add the rest of the ingredients in any order that appeals to you
• Thats the best part of pizza- you can add to
• delete and embelish any way you want
• I usually drizzle a bit more olive oil over the whole thing again
• and brush the crust a bit more
• Place baking sheet back on pizza stone for another 12-16 minutes
• until the crust is a nice golden brown and it smells wonderful
• Remove from oven
• and slide pizza from baking sheet to a cutting board
• Enjoy

Goat Cheese Pita Pizza

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Ingredients:

• 1 pita bread 6 1/2 inch diameter
• 1/3 cup prepared marinara sauce
• 3 ounces fresh goat cheese broken into large clumps
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons finely slivered red onions
• 4 imported black olives
• 1 tablespoon finely diced red bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest of
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F
• Place pita on baking sheet spread sauce to within 1/2 inch from edge
• Crumble cheese on top
• Sprinkle thyme onion olives and peppers and season
• Bake until cheese melts about 10 minutes
• When out of oven sprinkle with lemon zest and parsley
• Serves 2 as an appetizer or 1 as an entree
• NOTE Veggies should be blanched to ensure tenderness

Olive Pizza

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Ingredients:

• 2 10 ounce cans refrigerated pizza crusts
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon cornmeal
• 3 tomatoes cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices about 1 1/4 pounds
• 1 1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 cup sliced pitted kalamata olive
• fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450
• Unroll the dough portions crosswise onto a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray and sprinkled with cornmeal
• Slightly overlap the edges of the dough pinching the edges together to seal Pat the dough into a 15 x 12-inch rectangle Bake at 450 for 2 minutes
• Top with the remaining ingredients Bake an additional 12 minutes or until cheese melts Garnish with pepper if desired

Sourdough Pizza Crust

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sourdough starter
• 4 -5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour plus a little more or less to adjust consistency

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500F
• Mix starter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• and flour together in a mixing bowl until it blends and forms a ball add more or less flour to adjust consistency; if you get it too dry just add a little more starter
• Allow dough to rest for about 30 minutes dont look for it to rise
• just to get the dough where it is easier to roll
• Roll out mixture on parchment paper or a lightly floured surface until it fits the size of your pan
• turning the dough as you roll if you want a more even circle
• Par-bake the crust on a pizza stone or pizza sheet for about 7 minutes
• then remove from oven
• Before topping your pizza with any sauce
• cheese
• or toppings
• brush the top of the crust all over with remaining olive oil as needed
• using a pastry brush this helps keep soggy moisture out of the crust as it bakes
• Top as desired and cook until browned and cheese is melted
• If you use certain vegetables as a topping onions are the first thing that comes to mind you might want to cook those about halfway before topping the pizza with them or they will be too crunchy

Vegan Pizza Dough

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Ingredients:

• 3 -3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 ounces fast rising yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water very warm
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
• In large bowl combine flour yeast and salt Add warm water and olive oil knead about 5 minutes or until mixture is well combined and forms a ball Let dough sit for 10 minutes in a warm place
• Roll out dough and fit to oiled cookie sheet or pizza pan Place in oven and bake for approximately 10 minutes or until very slightly browned
• Remove from oven and let cool Add pizza toppings of your choice Return pizza to oven and bake approximately 10-20 minutes or until cheese is melted Cool slice and serve