Smokey Three Cheese White Pizza Food

WHITE PIZZA RECIPE

Steps:

• Place a pizza stone in the oven**. Preheat the oven to 450º-500ºF for at least 30 minutes.
• Lightly flour a piece of parchment paper and flatten the pizza dough into a large circle, about 14" in diameter.
• In a small bowl, combine the garlic, rosemary and olive oil. Brush the olive oil mixture over the crust.
• Dollop the ricotta evenly over the crust and gently spread it out. Sprinkle on the mozzarella and the parmesan cheeses. Sprinkle crushed red pepper over the top - you only need a little bit - less than half a teaspoon, depending on how much heat you want.
• Bake the pizza in the preheated oven until the edges are browned and the cheese is melted, about 10-12 minutes.
• Cut into slices and serve.

THREE-CHEESE WHITE PIZZA

Steps:

• Make the dough: Combine the yeast, 1 cup warm water (about 100 degrees F) and the sugar in a food processor and pulse once to combine. Let sit until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the olive oil; pulse to combine. Mix the flour and 2 teaspoons salt in a medium bowl; add to the food processor and pulse until the dough pulls away from the side and gathers around the blade.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into 2 even balls. Transfer to 2 lightly oiled bowls; cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 2 to 4 hours. (You can make the dough ahead; wrap in plastic and refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 2 months. Bring to room temperature before using.)
• Set a pizza stone or large baking sheet on the lowest oven rack and preheat to 500 degrees F. Meanwhile, make the topping: Combine the ricotta, parmesan, olive oil, garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes in a bowl; season with salt and set aside.
• Stretch 1 ball of dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured pizza peel or inverted baking sheet. Spread half of the ricotta mixture on top, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top with half of the mozzarella, then brush the edge lightly with olive oil.
• Slide the pizza onto the hot stone or baking sheet and bake until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool 2 minutes before slicing. Repeat to make the second pizza.

WHITE CHEESE PIZZA WITH GRILLED CORN AND WOOD SMOKED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven with pizza stone to 475 degrees F for 30 minutes.
• Gently stretch dough to 11-inches in diameter. Place dough on pizza peel dusted with semolina to prevent sticking. Top dough with the Cheddar and brie cheese. Scatter corn, bacon and parsley leaves. Sprinkle pizza with olive oil then Romano. Slide pizza onto hot stone in oven. Bake 6 to 8 minutes until golden, cut into 6 slices and serve on warm plate.

FOUR CHEESE WHITE PIZZA

Steps:

• Remove the pizza dough from the refrigerator and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F with a rack set in the middle position.
• Break apart the head of garlic to expose the individual cloves (leaving their skins intact), about 10 cloves total. Put the cloves onto a small baking sheet and toss with 1 teaspoon of the olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Bake, turning the cloves over halfway through the cooking time, until very tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool slightly.
• Set a 2-burner cast-iron grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Once cool enough to handle, remove the skins from the garlic cloves and use the back of a knife to mash the cloves on a cutting board. Transfer the mashed garlic to a large bowl and add the ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, 4 tablespoons of the olive oil and the oregano. Stir to combine and season to taste with salt and pepper. Reserve.
• Divide the dough in half and lightly dust a clean work surface with flour. Stretch and/or roll each piece into an 8-by-13-inch rectangle, about 1/8 inch thick. Lightly oil the grill pan. Working with 1 rolled dough piece, grill the crust until it starts to puff and distinct grill marks appear, 2 to 4 minutes. Use a pair of tongs to flip the crust and brush the edges of the dough with 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Grill until the the dough is just cooked through and distinct grill marks appear on the second side, about 2 minutes. Remove to a baking sheet. Repeat with second piece of dough
• Turn the oven up to 400 degrees F.
• Evenly spread the ricotta cheese mixture between the 2 crusts. Sprinkle the mozzarella and fontina cheese on each pizza crust. Bake until the cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
• Dress the kale or frisee with lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper and top the pizza. Cut each pizza into 8 pieces and serve immediately.

SMOKEY THREE CHEESE WHITE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450. In medium nonstick skillet, cook bacon til crisp. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Discard bacon grease. When cool enough to handle, crumble bacon and set aside.
• In same skillet, heat 1/2 Tbsp. of the olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and sauté til tender and lightly browned. Stir in bacon and chopped artichokes and sauté til heated through; set aside.
• Brush crust with remaining 1/2 tablespoon olive oil. Arrange Swiss cheese slices over the crust.
• In a small bowl, blend the sour cream, blue cheese and garlic powder. Spread mixture over Swiss cheese on the pizza crust. Top with the onion artichoke mixture and sprinkle with Asiago or Parmesan cheese. Put the pizza directly on the oven rack and reduce oven temperature to 425. Bake pizza for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Sprinkle pizza with chopped parsley and cut into wedges to serve. Serves 8

THREE-CHEESE WHITE PIZZA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450ºF.
• Roll Perfect Parmesan Pizza Dough into 12-inch round on lightly floured surface; press onto bottom of 12-inch pizza pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Top with mozzarella, peppers, onions, ham and bacon. Place on bottom oven rack.
• Bake 18 min. or until edge of crust is golden brown. Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese spread over pizza; sprinkle with oregano.