Bacon and Asparagus Pizza

Name: Bacon and Asparagus Pizza
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 454 grams fresh asparagus, 8 spears trimmed and remaining cut into 1/2-inch coins; 3 Tbsps torn fresh basil; 411 grams crushed tomatoes; 5 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings Olive oil; 454 grams pizza dough; 1 red onion, sliced into 1/2 moons; 1 pinch Pinch red pepper flakes; 227 grams shredded mozzarella; 1 pinch Pinch sugar, as necessary

Bacon and Asparagus Pizza might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 29g of protein, 49g of fat, and a total of 815 calories. Head to the store and pick up pizza dough, sugar, canned tomatoes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Adjust oven racks to the middle of the oven.

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Oven

Place a cast iron pizza stone or pan in the oven to heat for 1 hour.

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Pizza Stone

Oven

Frying Pan

Blanch asparagus 1 minute in a large pot of boiling salted water, then remove and shock in a bowl of ice water.

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Asparagus

Water

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Bowl

Pot

Drain well.

Place asparagus in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss to combine well.

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Asparagus

Olive Oil

Pepper

Salt

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Bowl

Flour your work surface and roll the pizza dough into a 12-inch diameter. Carefully remove the cast iron pizza stone from the oven and put the dough on top.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Pizza Stone

Oven

Ladle the sauce to cover the bottom of the pizza and top with mozzarella, red onion, bacon, and asparagus coins. Arrange the 8 whole pieces of asparagus fanned out from the center the pizza, like spokes on a bicycle.

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Mozzarella