Pizza With Shrimp, Bacon and Artichoke Hearts
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 8 ounces fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- Kosher salt
- 4 thick slices bacon, cut into 1/4-inch-thick matchsticks
- 1 ball pizza dough (see above)
- Flour, for dusting
- 6 cooked artichoke hearts, quartered
- 4 to 6 ounces sliced semisoft Asiago cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh oregano, roughly chopped
- Extra-virgin olive oil, to drizzle
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- At least 45 minutes before cooking, preheat the oven and pizza stone to 550 degrees.
- Melt the butter in a small saute pan over high heat until it foams.
- Add the shrimp and garlic, season with salt and cook for about a minute, shaking the pan, until the shrimp just start to color.
- Transfer to a bowl.
- Place the bacon in the pan and set over high heat.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until brown and crispy.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a small bowl.
- Place the dough on a heavily floured surface and stretch and pull, using your hands or a rolling pin, into about a 14-inch round.
- Place on a lightly floured pizza peel or rimless baking sheet.
- Cover with the toppings, being careful not to press on the dough and weigh it down: the bacon first, then the artichoke hearts, the shrimp, the cheese and finally the oregano, leaving roughly a 1/2-inch border.
- Shake the pizza peel slightly to make sure the dough is not sticking.
- (Gently lift any sections that are sticking and sprinkle the peel with flour.)
- Slide the pizza directly onto the baking stone in one quick, forward-and-back motion.
- Cook until the crust has browned on the bottom and the top is bubbling and browning in spots, about 7 minutes.
- Drizzle the pie with a little olive oil and some pepper.
- Serve hot.
butter, fresh shrimp, garlic, kosher salt, bacon, pizza, flour, hearts, cheese, fresh oregano, extravirgin olive oil, freshly cracked black pepper
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012487 (may not work)