Clam Pizza

Ok i know this sounds weird but it's really good.


Clam Pizza

Now you can buy pizza dough or make it yourself, either way it is good.

Pizza Dough

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached flour
2 table spoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water, 100 to 110 degrees
1 teaspoon sugar
1 package of active dry yeast.

Directions

In a stand mixer fitted with s dough hook add the water, sugar and yeast and stir. Let stand for about 5 to 10 minutes so the yeast comes alive.

Next add the olive oil and salt and turn on the mixer to slow and slowly add the flour. Once all the flours has been added raise the speed to medium and let the mixer go fro about 5 minutes so that the dough forms into a ball. You will need to stop the mixer from time to time to scrape the bowl and the hook. If the dough is still crumbly add a few teaspoons of water until its smooth. Drop dough until floured surface and kneed into a ball. Place in a greased bowl and cover with a damp towel and let it rise and double in size, about an hour.

Now onto the toppings

Clam Pizza

Ingredients

3 cans of chopped clams, drained but save the liquid.
1 red onion diced
1 red pepper diced
4 cloves garlic diced
3 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 container of ricotta cheese, about 15 oz
1/4 lb bacon diced
1/2 cup grated Perorino cheese
Fresh, Oregano, Basil and Italian Parsley course chopped
Olive oil
Juice of half a lemon
salt and pepper
corn meal


Directions

Preheat oven to 450 to 475 degrees- if you have a pizza stone place in the oven to get hot.

Place clams. lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and toss to coat and set aside.

In a skillet over medium high heat place olive oil, about 2 table spoons and add the onions and peppers and saute until they start to sweat, reduce heat, then add the garlic, a few pinches of fresh oregano and the tomatoes and cook until soft about 8 to 10 minutes, remove from heat add salt and pepper to taste and set aside.

In another pan render off the bacon until just about crispy, place on a paper towel to drain.

Roll out dough sprinkling with corn meal to kept it from sticking, roll into a circle now either place it on a pizza pan or a paddle.

Spread the ricotta cheese on dough, sprinkle with clams, followed by the tomatoes mixer then the bacon. Shower with a few table spoons of the basil and parsley and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Place the pizza in oven and cook until crust is golden brown and ricotta is bubbling, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Remove from oven sprinkle on Pecorine cheese and more basil and parsley, cut and serve.

Enjoy cooking