Cheesy and Garlicky White Pizza topped with Fresh Arugula
- 1 1/4 cups water warm
- 2 each yeast, active dry 2 packages
- 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 1 x olive oil, extra-virgin
- 4 cups flour, all-purpose plus extra for kneading, or half whole wheat and half white
- 1 x salt
- 6 cloves garlic or to taste, thinly sliced
- 5 each thyme sprigs fresh, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes or to taste, crushed
- 1 x black pepper freshly ground
- 8 ounces asiago cheese or fontina, about 3 cups
- 6 ounces mozzarella cheese grated, about 1 1/3 cups
- 10 ounces goat (chevre) cheese crumbled, or 5 ounces feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
- 8 ounces arugula (roquette)
- To make the dough:
- Combine the water, yeast, honey, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, about 10 minutes.
- When the yeast is dissolved, add 3 cups of the flour, then 2 teaspoons salt, and mix on medium-low speed.
- While mixing, add up to 1 more cup of flour, or just enough to make a soft dough.
- Knead the dough for about 8 minutes until smooth, sprinkling it with the flour if the dough is too stick.
- When the dough is ready, turn it out onto a floured board and knead it by hand a dozen times.
- It should be smooth and elastic.
- Put the dough in a well-oiled bowl and turn it to cover it lightly with oil.
- Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour until the dough doubles the volume.
- Meanwhile, make the garlic oil.
- Add 4 tablespoons of olive oil, the garlic, thyme, and red pepper flakes in a small saucepan, whisk until well combined, and bring to a simmer over low heat.
- Cook for about 20 minutes, and keep the heat low, do not let the garlic burn.
- Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 500 F degrees.
- Remove the dough from bowl onto a board and divide it into 6 equal parts.
- Arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cover them with a damp towel.
- Allow the dough to rest for another 10 to 20 minutes.
- It can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours.
- Press and stretch each ball into an 8-inch circle and put 2 circles on each parchment-lined baking sheet.
- (If you've refrigerated the dough, take it out of the refrigerator approximately 30 minutes ahead to bring it to room temperature.)
- Brush the pizzas with the garlic oil, and sprinkle each one liberally with salt and pepper to taste if desired.
- Sprinkle the pizzas evenly with asiago, mozzarella, and half of the goat cheese.
- Drizzle each pizza with about 1 teaspoon of the garlic oil and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crusts are crisp and the cheeses begin to brown.
- Meanwhile, to make the vinaigrette:
- Mix together 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, the lemon juice, 1 pinch of salt and black pepper.
- When the pizzas are done, add the arugula in a large bowl and toss evenly with lemon vinaigrette.
- Top a large bunch of arugula on each pizza.
- Serve warm.
water, yeast, sugar, olive oil, flour, salt, garlic, thyme, red pepper, black pepper, asiago cheese, mozzarella cheese, goat, olive oil, lemon juice fresh, arugula
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cheesy-garlicky-white-pizza-top-51504 (may not work)