Friday, August 21, 2009

Lemony Zucchini Goat Cheese Pizza (Thank you smittenkitchen.com)

Materials:
  • 1 uncooked pizza dough
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 oz. goat cheese, softened
  • Few leaves fresh basil, enough to sprinkle over pizza
  • 1 medium yellow zucchini, sliced thinly (use the mandolin)
  • 1 medium green zucchini, sliced thinly (use the mandolin)
  • Drizzle Olive Oil
  • Salt and Pepper, to Taste
  • Corn meal
Methods:
  1. Preheat oven to 450F.
  2. Cover pizza stone in corn meal and roll out pizza dough over. This tastes best when the dough is stretched quite thin in the middle.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together goat cheese and juice of half the lemon and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Spread the goat cheese over the pizza dough, covering as far up the edge as possible.
  5. Roughly chop basil leaves and scatter slivers over pizza.
  6. Arrange zucchini coins in concentric circles over the goat cheese spread, overlapping them slightly. You can alternate their colors, if you're feeling fancy.
  7. Drizzle olive oil over the zucchini.
  8. Squeeze the remaining half of the lemon over the pizza.
  9. Season with salt and pepper.
  10. Bake in preheated oven about 20-25minutes, until the edges are golden brown and the zucchini look roasted and starts to curl up at the edges.
  11. Cool a couple minutes.
  12. Wonderful served with a salad or gazpacho and a glass of crisp white wine.

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