People Love Pizzettes

Name: People Love Pizzettes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 16 servings Corn meal as needed; 3 cloves garlic peeled and thinly sliced, as garnish; 170 grams mozzarella cheese well chilled then grated; 2 Tbsps olive oil plus more for drizzling; 16 servings Extra-virgin olive oil as needed for drizzling; 28 grams finely grated Parmesan cheese; 454 grams Easy Flatbread Dough or store-bought pizza dough (see notes); 1 Tbsp minced rosemary plus more as garnish

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give People Love Pizzettes a try. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 287 calories, 6g of protein, and 20g of fat. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, garlic and, mozzarella cheese then, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place oven rack in top position.

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Oven

Place a pizza stone on the rack if you like.

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Pizza Stone

Heat oven to 500 or more degrees F.

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Oven

Heat olive oil in a small saucepan set over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add minced garlic and cook swirling the pan often until garlic is sizzling and just beginning to color, about 2 minutes.

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Garlic

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Frying Pan

Remove pan from heat and set garlic aside to cool while still in the oil.Divide dough into 16 ping-pong (or slightly smaller) sized balls. Flatten or roll each ball into a thin disc about 3 ½-inches in diameter.

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Garlic

Dough

Roll

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Lay them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet lightly dusted with cornmeal. Don’t crowd them, you may need to use two baking sheets.

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Cornmeal

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Baking Sheet

Let rest at room temperature at least 20 minutes before proceeding.If dough discs have retracted after they have rested use your fingertips to return them to about 3 ½-inches in diameter.

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Dough

Brush each one with a little of the cooled garlic & olive oil mixture, getting plenty of crunchy garlic bits onto each disc. Divide mozzarella evenly on top of each; followed by minced rosemary and Parmesan cheese.

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Parmesan

Mozzarella

Olive Oil

Rosemary

Garlic

Garnish with 2 or 3 slices of garlic, a tiny sprig of rosemary and a small drizzle of olive oil per pizzette,

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Olive Oil

Rosemary

Garlic

Bake pizzettes in the very hot oven 6 to 8 minutes, or until crusts are golden and crisp with cheese getting slightly charred. Watch them carefully as they can go from charred to burnt quickly.

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Cheese