Pizza with Smoked Salmon and Caviar

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Pizza Dough (see below) OR Lavash
  • (2 cloves garlic, minced)
  • (3 tablespoons olive oil)
  • 3 ounces fontina, coarsely grated
  • 3 ounces mozzarella, coarsely grated
  • 1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced - pickled
  • 5 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
  • 1/3 cup creme fraiche
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons green onion or chives, minced
  • 1 ounce caviar, beluga, sevruga, osetra, or American sturgeon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°.?
Cover sliced onion with white wine vinegar, salt, sugar, water.

Cut lavash in half; place lavash half on cookie sheet and put into over for (3 minutes) a short time until top browns lightly.

Combine the Fontina and mozzarella. Sprinkle on top of lavash. Return to oven to melt cheese.

Distribute half of the smoked salmon evenly over the top of the pizza. Sprinkle drained pickled onions lightly on top.

Place the creme fraiche in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, and add a tablespoon or two of milk to make it an almost pourable consistencey. Drizzle the creme fraiche lightly onto the top of the pizza.

Garnish with green onions and caviar and serve immediately. Continue with the remaining ingredients to make a second pizza.
Makes 2 pizzas, 9" each

PIZZA DOUGH
1/4 cup lukewarm water
2 teaspoons dry yeast
1/4 cup rye flour
1/2 cup lukewarm water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon milk