Clams Casino Pizza

Recipe Ingredients

1		Pizza Dough - (see recipe)
2		Large hard-shell clams
		= (such as cherrystone or chowder clams)
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
2		Bay leaves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Freshly-squeezed lemon juice
		Kosher salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Extra-virgin olive oil
1		Onion - chopped (medium)
1		Red bell pepper - cored, seeded,
		And chopped
2		Garlic cloves - chopped
2		Vine-ripe tomatoes - seeded, chopped (medium)
2		Fresh oregano sprigs - leaves striped from
		The stem
1		Container ricotta cheese - (15 oz)
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Bacon strips - sliced
1/2 cup	118ml	Freshly-grated pecorino
1		Handful fresh flat-leaf parsley - chopped

Recipe Instructions

Make the pizza dough as directed in the master recipe. Stick a pizza stone in the oven and preheat them to 500 degrees.

Wash and scrub clams well to remove the exterior sand. Fill a steamer or pot with 1-inch of water, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and toss in the bay leaves. Heat until the water is simmering and then add the clams. Cover and steam for 5 to 10 minutes until the clams open -- discard any that do not. Remove the clams from the shells, coarsely chop them up, and put in a bowl. Add the lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil, and season with salt and pepper; set aside.

Coat a saute pan with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and place over medium heat. When the oil gets hazy, add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, tomatoes, and oregano. Cook and stir until the vegetables have cooked down and are really soft, about 10 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat.

Spread the ricotta evenly on the crust with a back of a spoon. Scatter the chopped clams all around and top with the sauteed red pepper mixture. Distribute the pieces of bacon on top. Slide the pizza onto the hot stone in the oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the crust is golden and crisp, and the cheese is bubbly.

Before cutting the pizza into slices, drizzle with olive oil, grate pecorino on top, and shower with chopped parsley.

This recipe yields 3 pizzas.

Source:
FOOD 911 with Tyler Florence - (Show # FO-1D49) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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