Smoked Turkey-Pesto Pizza

Recipe Ingredients

6		Unpeeled garlic cloves
3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
		Cornmeal - for dusting
		Pizza Dough - (see recipe)
6 tablespoons	90ml	Purchased pesto
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Grated mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Grated provolone cheese
1 cup	237ml	Smoked turkey in 2" x 1/4" x 1/4" strips - (abt 4 oz)
1		Marinated artichoke hearts - (6 1/2 oz) - drained, sliced
6		Fresh mozzarella cheese, 1/4" thk - each quartered
1		Plum tomato - seeded, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place garlic in small dish. Drizzle 2 tablespoons oil over. Bake until garlic is very tender and golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove garlic from oven and cool. Peel garlic cloves; chop. Set garlic aside. Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees.

Dust 2 large baking sheets with cornmeal. Roll and stretch each Pizza Dough ball on lightly floured surface to 9- to 10-inch circle. Place crusts on prepared baking sheets. Brush edges of crusts with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Spread 3 tablespoons pesto over each crust, leaving 1/2-inch border. Divide grated mozzarella and provolone, then turkey, artichoke hearts, garlic and sliced mozzarella between crusts.

Bake pizzas until cheese melts and bottom of crusts is golden, about 15 minutes. Remove pizzas from oven. Sprinkle chopped tomato over.

This recipe yields 2 pizzas.

Source:
Bon Appetit, August 1998

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