Pizza Broccoli Rabe

By timbrehse

Ingredients

• 1 ounce fresh mozzarella cheese packed in liquid
• 1/3 cup liquid from mozzarella container
• 1/4 cup packed coarsely shredded caciocavallo or parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup each heavy whipping cream and buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• 1 pound (about 1 large bunch) broccoli rabe (rapini)
• 2 garlic cloves, well smashed
• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling over pizza
• 1/4 teaspoon red chile flakes, divided
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 3 balls room-temperature Pizza Dough*
• 1/3 cup black olives (oil-cured or Gaeta, soaked in water and drained if very salty), pitted and torn in half

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from huffingtonpost.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Heat a pizza stone or baking sheet on lowest rack of oven at 550° (or as high as oven will go) for at least 30 minutes. With flat side of a chef’s knife, mash a third of the mozzarella into a pulverized mass. Dice remaining mozzarella into 1⁄2-in. cubes. In a medium bowl, mix both mozzarellas with mozzarella liquid, caciocavallo, cream,
and buttermilk. Season with 1⁄4 tsp. salt.

Cut broccoli rabe into 1-in. sections, discarding tough lower stems.

In a large frying pan over very low heat, cook garlic in oil, stirring often, until it starts to turn transparent, about 5 minutes. Add 1⁄4 tsp. chile flakes and toast for a
second, then add broccoli rabe. Stir in remaining 1⁄4 tsp. salt and several grinds of pepper.

Increase heat to medium-high and cook broccoli rabe, stirring, until liquid starts to evaporate and broccoli rabe is tender-crisp, 5 to 7 minutes (don’t cook it into mush). If liquid is gone and broccoli rabe is still too crunchy, add 1⁄4 cup water and cook until tendercrisp, repeating if necessary.

Working with one ball of dough at a time (keep remaining balls tightly covered), set dough on a well-floured pizza peel or rimless baking sheet and stretch it into a 12-in. circle. Flop stretched-out dough onto peel.

Spread about 2⁄3 cup cheese mixture over dough. Top with 1⁄2 cup broccoli rabe, a generous pinch of chile flakes, and 2 tbsp. olives. Give peel a good shake every few seconds to keep dough from sticking.

Plant tip of pizza peel (or long edge of baking sheet) on pizza stone and shove pizza quickly onto it. Bake until pizza is puffy and browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Drizzle
with oil.

Repeat with remaining two dough balls and topping.

Make Ahead: Cheese mixture and broccoli rabe topping,up to 1 day, chilled.