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Five Cheese Pizza

Courses: Pizzas
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Whole wheat pizza dough
2 tablespoons 30mlPine nuts
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil - plus additional
  - for pan
  Cornmeal for pan - (optional)
1 teaspoon 5mlWhite wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGarlic - minced
1 teaspoon 5mlZucchini - thinly sliced (small)
  - 3/4 cup
1/3 cup 20g / 0.7ozRed onion - thinly sliced
3/4 cup 109g / 3.8ozProvolone cheese - grated
  Coarse salt
  Fresh ground pepper
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozMozzarella cheese - grated
1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozBel paese cheese - slivered
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozGorgonzola cheese - crumbled
6 tablespoons 90mlParmesan - freshly grated
1 tablespoon 15mlParsley - fresh, chopped

Recipe Instructions

1. Prepare Whole Wheat Pizza Dough through Step 3.

2. Heat small skillet over low heat until hot to the touch. Add pine nuts; reduce heat to very low. Toast pine nuts, shaking pan frequently, until evenly golden, about 2 minutes. Set aside.

3. Heat oven to 500F. Oil a 12-inch pizza pan as necessary for type of pan (see below for tips); sprinkle with cornmeal if desired.

4. Combine 1 Tablespoon of the oil, the vinegar, and garlic in medium bowl; add zucchini and red onion, tossing to coat.

5. Complete Whole Wheat Pizza Dough.

6. Place dough in prepared pan; brush surface with remaining oil. Sprinkle half the provolone evenly over dough, leaving a 3/4-inch border; top with even layer of zucchini mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, then with the remaining provolone, all the mozzarella, Bel Paese (from Italian markets), and Gorgonzola, and half the Parmesan. Sprinkle with additional salt and pepper. Bake until crust is golden, about 15 minutes. Scatter pine nuts evenly over surface. Bake until pine nuts and crust are browned, 3 to 5 minutes longer. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and the parsley. Serve immediately.

Makes One 12-inch

Pizza! Recipe from Cuisine, November, 1984.

See Whole Wheat Pizza Dough recipe.

Notes:

Which Pan for Pizza? Almost any type of pan can give good results, though directions for brushing with oil and sprinkling with cornmeal differ slightly with each.

In fact, the use of cornmeal is not required to prevent sticking except when using a pizza stone, but a little sprinkled on the surface of any pan will give added texture to the crust.

Tin-lined steel; aluminum round pizza pans or baking sheets: Generously brush the pan with olive oil.

Black-finished metal baking sheets and pizza pans: Follow the manufacturer's directions for care. Lightly brush bottom and sides (if any) with olive oil. Pyrex pizza pan: Generously brush pan with olive oil.

Pizza Stone: Stones require preheating in a 500F oven. They require no oiling but must be sprinkled with cornmeal to prevent sticking just before the pizza is transferred from the peel (paddle). The peel must also be sprinkled with cornmeal before the uncooked pizza is place on it for transfer to the heated pizza stone. When removing the hot pizza stone from the oven, be careful not to set it on a cold surface, or the stone will crack.

Source:
Carole Walberg

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