Very Berry Pizza
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
- Zest of 1/2 lemon, finely grated with a microplane or zester
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour, for kneading the dough
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ball prepared pizza dough, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup uncooked grits or polenta, for rolling the dough
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (such as canola) or nut oil (such as walnut)
- 1/2 pint fresh blueberries, picked over
- 1/2 pint fresh raspberries, picked over
- 1/4 cup honey
- Combine the ricotta, vanilla, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, the ginger, and lemon zest in a medium bowl.
- Reserve for topping.
- Sprinkle the work surface with the flour.
- Mix the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar with the cinnamon and knead it into the dough.
- Set aside until ready to make pizza.
- Preheat the grill, roll out and shape the dough, and grill the first side of the crust per the Master Instructions for gas or for charcoal (see Notes).
- Use tongs to turn the crust over.
- Continue grilling until the bottom crust is well browned.
- (Since youre not melting cheese or warming toppings, you dont need to switch to indirect heat.)
- Remove from the grill and immediately spread it evenly with the ricotta mixture.
- Let your inner artist dictate how you arrange the berries over the top.
- Finish with a generous drizzle of honey.
- Slice and serve immediately.
- Sweet Pizza Doughs:
- When making dessert pizzas, we thought it would be fun to experiment with sweet-flavored pizza dough.
- When we tried to knead cinnamon sugar and chocolate chips into the dough, the taste was great but it didnt give it the texture we were looking for.
- To solve this problem, add a touch of sugar and the flavorings to the flour before adding any of the wet ingredients.
- Chocolate Dough:
- Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder to the flour.
- Stir and follow the recipe as written.
- Cinnamon Dough:
- Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon to the flour.
- Stir and follow the recipe as written.
ricotta cheese, vanilla, sugar, ginger, lemon, flour, ground cinnamon, pizza, uncooked grits, vegetable oil, fresh blueberries, fresh raspberries, honey
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/very-berry-pizza (may not work)