Veggies on my Pizza? Yes please!
Cuisine: Pizza
Author: Chanel Babe
Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Lots of freshly roast veggies atop whole wheat pizza dough
Ingredients
  • 1 pizza dough (store bought is fine)
  • 10-12 stalks asparagus, roasted
  • ½-pint grape tomatoes, cut in half
  • 6 brussel sprouts, cut in half and roasted, optional
  • 6 slices bacon, center cut
  • red pepper flakes, to taste
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp. garlic powder
  • 4 oz mozzarella cheese, part-skim shredded or fresh, thinly sliced
  • 4 oz grated Italian cheese blend
  • 4 oz goat cheese
  • ½ red onion, chopped
  • black pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Add a large cast iron skillet to the oven and let it pre-heat along with the oven.
  2. If your dough is store-bought, turn it out on a lightly floured surface and let it rest 20 min.
  3. While the dough is resting, fry the six pieces of bacon until crispy. Save 2 tbsp. of bacon grease. Drain the bacon on paper towels. Crumble in small pieces and set aside.
  4. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough. Aim for a thin round shape. (Trust me, this is not as easy as it sounds!). Let the dough rest again while you get the skillet from the oven.
  5. Remove the skillet from the oven; add the reserved bacon grease and swirl to coat the bottom of the skillet.
  6. Fit the dough into the skillet and listen to the sizzle of crust being formed. Sprinkle the dough with red pepper flakes, salt, and generous sprinkle of garlic powder. Sprinkle half of the cheeses, followed by grape tomato halves, veggies and red onion.
  7. Sprinkle last bit of cheese, top with goat cheese and bacon. Top with 1-2 grinds of black pepper.
  8. Put the skillet in the oven for 12-18 minutes. Check after 10 minutes to see if bottom of the crust is brown.
  9. Remove from the oven and let the pizza rest 5 minutes. Slice and serve.
Recipe by My Midlife Musing at http://gdmig-my-midlife-musing.com/veggies-on-my-pizza-yes-please/