Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza
Savour
- Serves
- 3
This is a home grown version of my favorite pizza at my favorite local pizza joint (which some of you may know as Pizzeria Mozza). You can use any pizza dough you like -- the one I've used here is Peter Reinhart's excellent Neo-Napolitano Pizza Dough from Artisan Breads every day. I've included the full recipe for the dough, but the toppings are intended to make 2 pizzas -- the dough freezes in individual portions.
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 5 1/3 cup AP flour
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 2 cup room temperature water
- 2 tablespoon olive oil, plus more to work with
For the toppings
- 4 leeks, white and light green parts only
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup cream
- salt to taste
- 4 piece bacon
- olive oil
- 4 ounce fresh goat cheese
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Directions
Pizza Crust
- Step 1
Combine all ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix with the paddle attachment at low speed for about a minute. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
- Step 2
Switch to the dough hook on your stand mixer. Mix at medium speed for about 5 minutes. The dough should be wet but not too tacky.
- Step 3
Transfer the dough to an oiled board, and knead by hand for a few minutes. Divide into 5 equal portions, form each portion into a ball, and store each portion in a lightly oiled ziplock bag. (At this point, you should be able to freeze the bags you don't plan to use immediately).
- Step 4
Let the dough sit in the refrigerator at least overnight, or up to 4 days.
- Step 5
About 90 minutes before you plan to bake the pizzas, take the dough out of the refrigerator, form into a neat ball, and let rest at room temperature on a floured or parchment lined baking sheet.
- Step 6
Preheat oven to 500 degrees (or higher). Form the pizza dough into a flat dish on a floured sheet. It is now ready for toppings.
For the toppings
- Step 1
Clean the leeks by slicing them lengthwise and running them under water until all the layers are clean. Roughly chop into 1 inch pieces.
- Step 2
In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the leeks, and cook over medium heat until they start to soften.
- Step 3
Add the wine, and cook until absorbed. Add the cream, and cook until absorbed. Salt to taste and remove from heat.
- Step 4
Meanwhile, chop the bacon into bite sized pieces and fry until cooked but not too crisp (it cooks further in the oven).
- Step 5
Brush each pizza crust with olive oil. Arrange the leeks, the cooked bacon, and crumbled goat cheese over the top of each pizza.
- Step 6
Bake at 500 degrees 15 minutes.