3-Cheese Broccoli Pizza
The creamy, lemony white sauce on this pizza is the right complement to al dente broccoli florets, sliced spicy-sweet peppers, and, in fact, crunchy crust. If you wish to amp up the warmth, add additional dried purple chile flakes, swap in a warmer preserved pepper, and/or drizzle the completed pizza together with your favourite sizzling sauce.
Makes: 1 (12- to 14-inch) pizza
Price: $10
Substances
- 2 to 2½ cups bite-size broccoli florets (from 2 small to medium heads)
For the sauce
- ¼ cup whole-milk ricotta
- ¼ cup heavy (whipping) cream
- 1 small (or ½ giant) garlic clove, pressed, grated, or minced
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Zest of 1 lemon, divided
For the pizza
- 1 (14- to 16-ounce) ball pizza dough
- Further-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup jarred sizzling or spicy-sweet peppadew or cherry peppers, thinly sliced
- 4 ounces contemporary mozzarella cheese, diced
- ¼ cup finely shredded aged/farmhouse cheddar cheese
- Kosher salt
- Dried purple chile flakes (non-obligatory)
- Sizzling honey (non-obligatory)
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 500°F (if utilizing a baking sheet) or as excessive as it would go (if utilizing a baking stone/metal; place the stone within the prime third or place the metal within the backside third of the oven earlier than you begin preheating). Let the oven preheat for a minimum of half-hour. Then, for those who’re utilizing a baking stone or metal, change the oven to Broil on excessive.
To blanch the broccoli
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Deliver a big pot of water to a boil. In the meantime, fill a big bowl with ice water and place it close to the range. Rigorously add the broccoli florets to the boiling water and prepare dinner for two to three minutes, then instantly drain and switch them to the ice water. This can lock of their vivid inexperienced colour.
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Wait a couple of minutes, then drain the broccoli and pat it dry with paper towels.
To make the sauce
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In a medium bowl, stir collectively the ricotta, cream, garlic, salt, and half of the lemon zest. Style and add slightly extra salt if desired.
To assemble and bake the pizza
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Stretch or roll out your dough to a 12- to 14-inch circle, then switch it to a baking sheet / pizza pan or a flippantly floured pizza peel (if utilizing a baking stone/metal).
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Prick the dough throughout with a fork and brush the perimeters with slightly oil. Unfold the sauce throughout the dough, leaving a ½-inch border throughout, then prime with the peppers and broccoli. Lastly, add the diced mozzarella and cheddar.
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Switch the pizza to the oven and bake till the crust is golden and the cheese has browned in spots—8 to 10 minutes on the baking sheet, 5 to eight minutes on the baking stone/metal.
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Take the pizza out of the oven and prime with the remainder of the lemon zest, a sprinkle of salt, and a pinch or two of dried purple chile flakes (if utilizing). Let it relaxation for 3 to five minutes, then lower it into slices.
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Serve the broccoli pizza with additional dried purple chile flakes and sizzling honey, if desired.
