Smoked Salmon Pizza
- 3 to 4 ounces smoked salmon, sliced paper thin
- Pizza dough at room temperature (see recipe)
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 medium-size red onion, sliced thin
- 1/4 cup minced fresh dill
- 13 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4 heaping tablespoons domestic golden caviar (optional)
- 1 heaping tablespoon black caviar (optional)
- 4 sprigs fresh dill for garnish
- Preheat oven, preferably with a pizza stone inside, to 500 degrees for 30 minutes.
- While oven is heating, cut salmon into 2-inch squares and reserve.
- Roll or stretch dough into four 8-inch circles.
- If using a pizza stone, put the circles on a lightly floured wooden peel.
- Otherwise put them on an oiled, floured baking sheet.
- Brush each pizza with olive oil to within 1 inch of the edge and sprinkle with red onion.
- Put pizzas in the oven and bake 8 to 12 minutes, until crusts are golden brown.
- While pizzas are baking, mix dill with sour cream and season with pepper.
- When pizzas are done, transfer to warm dinner plates and spread with the sour cream mixture.
- Arrange the pieces of salmon on top, and if desired, put a tablespoon of golden caviar in the center of each and spoon a little black caviar on the golden caviar.
- Garnish each pizza with a sprig of dill and serve.
salmon, extravirgin olive oil, red onion, fresh dill, sour cream, freshly ground black pepper, golden caviar, black caviar, dill
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3991 (may not work)