Pizza Bianca with Garlic and Rosemary
NOTE: This
simple pizza is best as a snack or bread accompaniment to dinner.
Pizza bianca translates as "white pizza" and refers to the fact
that there are no tomatoes, just garlic, oil, rosemary, and salt,
in this recipe.
1 recipe Thin-Crust Pizza
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing on stretched dough
6 medium garlic cloves, minced
4 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary leaves
Salt and ground black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Prepare dough rounds as directed in master recipe through step 2.
2. While preparing dough, combine 1/4 cup oil, garlic, rosemary, and salt and pepper to taste in small bowl. Set herb oil aside.
3. Brush plain olive oil evenly over each stretched dough round. Prick each round all over with fork (see figure 20).
4. Bake until crusts begin to brown in spots, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove crusts from oven and brush with herb oil. Continue baking 1 to 2 minutes. Remove pizzas from oven, cut into wedges, and serve immediately.
VARIATION:
Lemon Sea Salt Pizza
Brush each dough round with plain olive oil. Arrange 2 lemons sliced paper-thin over rounds, leaving 1/2-inch border around edges uncovered, and sprinkle with coarse sea salt to taste. Bake until golden, 5 to 10 minutes. Brush herb oil over lemon slices and continue baking 1 to 2 minutes.