Prosciutto and Pesto Pizza
April 2007
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 15 mins
Bake: 7 mins
- 1/3 of pizza dough recipe
- 5 tablespoons store-bought pesto
- 1 3 ouncepackage thinly sliced prosciutto, torn into pieces
- 2 - 3 handfuls arugula leaves
- Freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Invert a large baking sheet and place it on a rack in the lower third of the oven; preheat the oven to 500 degrees . Invert a second baking sheet on a work surface and cover it with a sheet of parchment paper. Stretch the pizza dough to fit the parchment paper. Using the back of a spoon, spread the pesto over the dough.
- Slide the pizza and the parchment from the cool baking sheet to the hot baking sheet in the oven. Bake until golden, about 7 minutes. Top with the prosciutto, arugula and parmesan, and cut into pieces.
Tip
- Pull the dough gently in all directions to loosen.
- Let the dough hang from your fingers or fists and pull it back and forth so it stretches evenly.
- Pull the dough to fit a baking sheet, stretching it as thin as you like.