Meat Lite: Antipasto Pizza

Name: Meat Lite: Antipasto Pizza
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 7 grams envelope active dry yeast; 237 milliliters loosely packed baby arugula; 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar; 5 larges basil leaves; 5 Freshly ground black pepper (about grinds); 2 teaspoons coarse salt; 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters grated fontina; 1 head garlic; 0 teaspoons honey; 0 teaspoons Kosher salt; 118 milliliters grated mozzarella; 118 milliliters loosely packed parsley leaves; 1 large Portobello mushroom cap, sliced into 1/2-inch strips; 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch strips; 1 small red onion, sliced into thin strips; 591 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters warm water (about 110° F), divided; 1 Tbsp water; 57 grams sweet slicing soppresata

Meat Lite: Antipasto Pizza might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 1 servings with 2184 calories, 83g of protein, and 70g of fat each. This recipe covers 76% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up garlic, water, balsamic vinegar, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Start by making the pizza dough.

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Pizza Dough

Stir the yeast into 1/2 cup of the warm water in a small bowl and set aside while preparing the other dough ingredients.

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Dough

Water

Yeast

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Bowl

Combine the salt and the flour in the bowl of a food processor fixed with the dough blade. Pulse a few times to combine.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

In a liquid measuring cup, whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup warm water, honey and olive oil, and add the yeast mixture. With the processor running, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry through the chute in the lid.

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Olive Oil

Honey

Water

Yeast

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Measuring Cup

Whisk

Let the processor run until a ball of dough forms.* (See note below) Turn the dough ball out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it for 5 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and soft.

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Dough

Transfer the dough to a large bowl brushed with oil. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and set aside in a warm place to rise for 1 hour. After an hour, punch the risen dough down and let it rise again for about 30 minutes.

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Dough

Punch

Cooking Oil

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Kitchen Towels

Bowl

While the dough rises, make the roasted vegetables. Preheat oven to 375° F.

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Vegetable

Dough

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Oven

Combine the peppers, mushrooms, and onions in a 13x9-inch baking dish.

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Mushrooms

Peppers

Onion

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Baking Pan

Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, water, salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Vinegar

Water

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Whisk

Pour the mixture over the vegetables and toss to combine. Cover the baking dish loosely with foil or a glass lid.

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Vegetable

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Cut the head of garlic in half horizontally.

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Garlic

Place the two halves, cut side up, on a piece of aluminum foil (about the size of a standard sheet of paper).

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Aluminum Foil

Add 2 tablespoons water and fold up the sides of the foil to make a vessel around the garlic.

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Garlic

Water

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Aluminum Foil

Put the baking dish and the foil vessel in the oven and roast the vegetables and garlic for 30 to 45 minutes, until they are tender.

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Garlic

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Let them cool to room temperature.

Pop the roasted garlic out of the skins, discarding the skins. Smash the cloves together with the 1 tablespoon of olive oil, forming a paste.

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Roasted Garlic

Olive Oil

Clove

Pop

When the dough is nearly ready, preheat the oven to 500° F.

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Dough

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Oven

Gently stretch and press the dough onto your favorite pizza-baking device (I use a 14-inch cast iron pan. You might go with your trusty pizza stone. Some opt for a metal pizza parlor tray).

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Dough

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Pizza Stone

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Spread the roasted garlic paste across the surface of the dough and then arrange the soppresata slices on top.

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Roasted Garlic

Spread

Dough

Add the vegetables (divide into sections per veggie if desired).

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Vegetable

Combine the cheeses and sprinkle across the vegetables.

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Vegetable

Bake the pizza for about 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden and done to your liking.

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Crust

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Oven

While the pizza bakes, whisk together the balsamic, honey, pepper, salt and olive oil. Roughly chop the parsley, arugula and basil and then toss with the vinaigrette.

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Vinaigrette

Olive Oil

Arugula

Parsley

Pepper

Basil

Honey

Salt

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Whisk

Just before serving the pizza, cut it into even slices with a pizza wheel and top with the greens.

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Greens

*No food processor? Make the dough by hand. Slowly combine the wet and dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl stirring with a wooden spoon or your hands until shaggy dough forms. Once all of the ingredients are incorporated, and some semblance of a dough ball has formed, proceed with the kneading, adding a minute or two to the total.

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Dough

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Food Processor

Wooden Spoon