Extra-Tasty Prosciutto Pizza
When it comes to pizza, Chef Daniel Mezzolo says to keep it simple so that all the great tastes come through — less is more. He shares his favourite recipe and shows that prosciutto is for more than just a panino. Serve with his perfect caesar salad recipe to complete the meal!
Ingredients
1 pound pizza dough, room temperature
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups tomato sauce, good quality
2 cups mozarella cheese
1/2 cup ripened black olives, pitted and roughly chopped
1/2 cup pickled banana peppers, thinly sliced
8-10 slices prosciutto
pinch salt
pinch pepper
Preparation
- Grease pizza pan with 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Roll out pizza dough to size of pan, place on top pressing all the way to edges with your hands.
- Drizzle on remaining olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon on tomato sauce and spread around until it is 1/2 inch from edge.
- Spinkle on 1 cup of mozzarella, olives and banana peppers, add remaining cheese on top.
- ransfer to oven and bake at 400 F for 15 minutes.
- Take pizza out of oven and add drape on prosciutto.
- Transfer back to oven and bake for another 5 minutes just until prosciutto is warmed through. Enjoy!
Serving Size: 6-8