our taste: RECIPE
Cook up the perfect pizza for your Super
Bowl party
Make this delicious meal for your guests, whether you serve
it at a home or tailgate party
Pizza Topping:
Flour, for dusting
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil,
divided
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary,
chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground
pepper, to taste
1/2 cup partly skimmed ricotta
cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
2 cups baby arugula
1 small shallot, thinly sliced
1/2 lemon, juiced
4 slices Black Kassel Speck, cut in
half lengthwise
Pizza Dough:
1 3/4 to 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cake and pastry flour
2 1/4 teaspoons instant or bread-
machine dry yeast (or 1 envelope)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup very warm water
Directions:
1. To make pizza dough, stir
together all-purpose flour, cake
flour, yeast and salt in a mixer
fitted with a dough hook; make a
well in the center. Add water. Mix
on medium speed until all flour
is incorporated into dough; add
remaining flour as needed to have
soft, slightly sticky dough. Alterna-
tively, you can mix by hand. Turn
out on a well-floured surface.
Let rest covered for 10 minutes.
Divide into thirds.
2. Place a pizza stone or upside-
down baking sheet in the oven
and preheat to 450 F. Gently
flatten dough into a circle or
rectangle on a lightly floured sur-
face, creating a rim. Transfer to a
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cornmeal-dusted pizza peel or another upside-down baking sheet; slide dough
onto the hot pizza stone or baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, combine 2 tablespoons olive oil in a bowl with garlic, rosemary
and salt and pepper to taste. Remove pizza from oven. Brush with olive oil
mixture and top with ricotta and mozzarella. Return pizza to oven, baking until
cheese is golden and bubbly, about 6 more minutes.
4. Toss arugula and shallot slices in a large bowl with lemon juice, olive oil and
salt and pepper to taste. Top the pizza with arugula salad, speck and shaved
Parmesan cheese.
5. Cut into wedges or squares with scissors; serve immediately.
Tip: As an alternative to speck, you can try Black Kassel Old Forest, Picante or
Mustard Seed salami. You can also buy store-made pizza dough and simply
layer on the toppings.
Find more recipes at www.blackkassel.com.