New York-Style Pizza with Bacon-Cherry Pepper Relish and Coppa

Name: New York-Style Pizza with Bacon-Cherry Pepper Relish and Coppa
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 12 basil leaves; 355 milliliters pickled cherry peppers, seeds and stems removed, roughly chopped; 946 milliliters pound grated full-fat dry mozzarella cheese (about; 4 servings Kosher salt; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 85 grams coarsely grated Parmesan cheese; 118 milliliters sugar

The recipe New York-Style Pizza with Bacon-Cherry Pepper Relish and Coppa could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 30 minutes. One serving contains 764 calories, 40g of protein, and 48g of fat. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of full-fat mozzarella cheese, basil leaves, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. A few people really liked this main course. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

At least 45 minutes before baking, place a baking stone or steel on an oven rack set to the top position and preheat oven to 550°F.

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Oven

Place cherry peppers in the work bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped, 8 to 10 short pulses.

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Peppers

Cherries

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Food Processor

Bowl

Heat bacon in a 12-inch non-stick or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until crisp, about 8 minutes.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add sugar and chopped cherry peppers and their juices. Cook until juices are mostly evaporated and pepper-bacon mixture has a chunky, relish-like texture, about 8 minutes.

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Peppers

Cherries

Pepper

Relish

Bacon

Sugar

Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

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Bowl

Turn single dough ball out onto lightly flour surface. Gently press out dough into rough 8-inch circle, leaving outer 1-inch higher than the rest. Gently stretch dough by draping over knuckles into a 12 to 14-inch circle about 1/4-inch thick.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Transfer to pizza peel.

Spread approximately 2/3 cup of sauce evenly over surface of crust, leaving 1/2 to 1-inch border along edge. Evenly spread 1/3 of mozzarella over sauce. Dot cherry pepper-bacon relish in uneven spots around the surface of the pizza. Top with sliced coppa and a few basil leaves.

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Fresh Basil

Mozzarella

Cherries

Pepper

Sauce

Bacon

Capicola

Drizzle with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkle with with salt. Slide pizza onto stone or steel and bake until cheese is melted, coppa has started to crisp, and crust underbelly is spotty brown, 6 to 12 minutes total.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cheese

Capicola

Crust

Salt

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Oven

Remove from oven with metal pizza peel, sprinkle with 1 ounce Parmesan, transfer to cutting board, slice, and serve. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with remaining ingredients to make 2 additional pizzas.

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Parmesan