Emeril's of Orlando's Capicolla Ham and Homemade Mozzarella Cheese Pizza
- 1 package active yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 to 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup chunky fresh tomato sauce
- 4 ounces capicolla ham, small diced
- 4 ounces homemade mozzarella cheese, small diced
- 1/4 cup chiffonade basil
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F with a baking stone.
- In a electric mixing bowl, whisk the yeast, water and oil together.
- Add the flour and salt and mix, using a dough hook, until the dough comes away from the sides and crawls up the dough hook.
- Remove the dough from the bowl.
- Grease the bowl with olive oil and place the dough back in the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until double in size, about an hour.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and divide dough into 4 (4-ounce) portions.
- Roll the dough into balls, cover and let the dough rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Press the dough out into 4 individual pizzas, about 6 inches in diameter and 1/4-inch thick.
- Spread 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce evenly over each pizza dough.
- Sprinkle each pizza with 1-ounce of the ham and 1-ounce of the cheese.
- Bake the pizzas in batches.
- Using a pizza peel carefully place two of the pizzas on the baking stone.
- Bake the pizzas for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove the pizza from the oven and slice into 4
active yeast, warm water, olive oil, flour, salt, tomato sauce, capicolla ham, mozzarella cheese, chiffonade basil
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/emerils-of-orlandos-capicolla-ham-and-homemade-mozzarella-cheese-pizza-recipe.html (may not work)