Thursday, September 2, 2010

Rustic Pizza

3/4 cup prepared pesto sacue
1 1/2 cups fresh mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 large tomato, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
1/2 tsp kosher salt or sea salt
1 recipe pizza dough
-- Roll dough to roughly the size of a cookie sheet. Place dough on greased cookie sheet. Use your fingers to press the dough out to the corners and sides of the pan. Bake crust 12 min at 450. remove crust from oven, top with pesto sauce, cheese, tomato and sprinkle with salt. return to oven for about 8 min. Top with fresh basil before serving.
PIZZA DOUGH
1 pkg dry rapid rise yeast
1/4 cup warm water
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 TBS olive oil
2 TBS honey
3/4 cups cold water
-- Dissolve yeast in warm water. In your mixing bowl combine flour, salt, olive oil, honey, and yeast mixture. Knewad with dough hook or by hand about 5 min. Let dough rest 10-15 min.

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