The Ultimate Pizza
- 1 ounce fresh baker's yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 3 cups flour (recommended 00)
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 white onion, cut into thin strips
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 12 ounces Robiola cheese
- 6 ounces pancetta, thinly sliced
- 1 white truffle
- Special equipment: Pizza stone and pizza paddle
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F and place the pizza stone on the bottom rack.
- Crumble the yeast in a small bowl then add 1/4 cup of warm water and the syrup.
- Stir together and leave for 5 minutes to dissolve.
- Put the flour and salt in a mixer fitted with a dough hook and give it a quick spin to mix.
- Pour in the yeast mixture, the remaining warm water and the olive oil at the same time, see Cook's note*.
- Spin on low until the flour and water come together and the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Put the ball of dough in a large bowl and drizzle a few drops of olive oil on top to keep it from forming a skin as it proofs.
- Cover with a towel and leave in warm place for 30 minutes to let the dough proof.
- When the dough has proofed it will double in size and look spongy.
- For the topping: Caramelize the onions in a frying pan over low heat with a little olive oil and one of rosemary sprigs.
- When the onions are golden season with sea salt and black pepper and a few drops of lemon juice to bring out the flavor.
- When the dough has proofed, roll it out onto to a floured surface and punch the air out with your hands, then start shaping it into a circle When it's stretched out, dust a pizza paddle with flour and place the dough on it.
- Cover with a generous splash of olive oil and scatter with pieces of Robiola.
- Shingle the pancetta slices around and add the caramelized onions, and the stripped needles of the remaining rosemary sprig.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Add salt and black pepper.
- Slide the pizza onto the stone in the oven (be careful the stone is 500 degrees F) and bake for 15 minutes.
- Shave white truffles over it.
- Eat immediately.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-pizza-recipe.html (may not work)