Italian Pizza Capricciosa Recipe
Pizza Capricciosa is an Italian pizza made with a traditional pizza dough and margherita sauce base, topped with mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, ham, artichokes, and black olives.
Ingredients
- Pizza dough - 10 oz.
- Fresh mozzarella - 4.5 oz.
- Cremini mushrooms, sliced - 3
- Black olives (pitted and halved) - 6
- Prosciutto cotto (Italian ham) - 1.5 oz.
- Carciofini (sliced artichoke hearts in oil) - 2 oz.
- San Marzano tomatoes - 3 tbsp
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 tbsp
- Salt - 1 pinch
- Oregano - 1 pinch
Instructions
- Hand crush or puree the canned tomatoes into a bowl. Drizzle in olive oil, and sprinkle in salt and oregano.
- Mix with a spoon, taste for seasoning and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- Oil a 12-inch round pizza pan.
- Stretch the pizza dough starting from the center and working your way to the outside rim of the pan creating a thicker border.
- Spoon some tomato sauce on top, and in a circular motion with the back of a spoon spread the sauce to the outside edges of the dough leaving a 1 cm border.
- Place the mozzarella on top of the sauce evenly distributing it throughout, keeping some for the finish.
- Next, take the cooked ham and tear it apart scattering it throughout the pizza.
- Do the same with the artichoke hearts, sliced fresh mushrooms, and halved black olives.
- Toss on the rest of the mozzarella.
- Drizzle with olive oil and place in the hot oven on the middle rack, on top of the pizza stone.
- Halfway through the cooking process, use a spatula to take the pizza out of the pan and place it directly on the pizza stone to crisp up.
- The pizza is done when the border is golden in color and the cheese is well melted, about 15 minutes in total.
- Take out of the oven, let sit for a couple of minutes, cut and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 329kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 15gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 782mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3g
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