Fresh Mozzarella, Basil and Prosciutto Pizza

By danaheller

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe pizza dough
• 1/3 cup pizza sauce
• 1 large ball (3 to 4 oz) fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
• 2 oz prosciutto, trimmed of excess fat and torn into strips
• 2 tbs nicoise olives
• 2 to 3 tbs julienned fresh basil

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Place a cast-iron pizza pan on the middle rack of the oven and heat to 450 degrees.

2. Spread prepared pizza dough with the pizza sauce. Top with mozzarella, prosciutto and olives.

3. Slide the parchment paper with the pizza onto an inverted cookie sheet or peel, then transfer both parchment and pizza to the hot pizza pan. Cook until golden and crispy, about 12 to 16 minutes, rotating once halfway through (use the parchment to do so). One minute before the pizza is done, sprinkle the pizza in the oven with basil. Remove the pizza from the oven either by pulling out the parchment paper and sliding the pizza back onto the cookie sheet or by taking out the hot pizza pan and placing it on a trivet. Slice and serve hot.