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Pizza with Tomato, Basil and Roasted Garlic with Whole Wheat Dough

Servings

4

Serving size

1 individual pizza
COOKING TIME
90 Minutes

This recipe can be multiplied. Leftovers are good. This recipe also requires making Whole Wheat Pizza Dough and Roasted Garlic.

Pizza with Tomato, Basil and Roasted Garlic with Whole Wheat Dough

Ingredients

1 cup Water
1 tsp. Active dry yeast
4 tsp.. Honey
2 cup Whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Enriched all purpose white flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
4 medium Tomatoes (seeded and sliced thin)
4 ounce Fresh mozzarella (1/4 inch cubes)
32 leaves Fresh basil (chiffonade)
16 clove Roasted Garlic (each clove sliced into 1/4ths)
4 ounce Parmesan cheese (grated)

Instructions

For the Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Place the yeast and honey in a large mixing bowl and pour the heated water over the mixture, stirring until well blended. Let the mixture stand for about 5 - 7 minutes until foamy.

Add the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour and salt and stir with a fork until a coarse dough forms.

Continue to mix by hand until a dough ball forms and all the flour is well blended.

Cover the bowl and place it in a sink with about 4 inches of hot water in the bottom. The heat from the warm water will help the dough rise. The dough will double in size in about 30 - 40 minutes. Punch it a few times with your fingers and let it rise another 30 minutes.

Remove from the bowl and cut the ball into four equal pieces. Cover the dough that you are not going to use immediately in plastic wrap and chill.

For the Pizza

Preheat the oven to 500°F.

Pizza is best baked on a pizza stone but a cookie sheet will work as well. Place the baking stone or cookie sheet in the oven and allow it to heat at least 15 - 20 minutes.

While the baking surface is heating, slice tomato in half vertically. Remove the seeds and slice the tomato into julienne strips.

Gently toss the tomato strips, mozzarella, basil leaves, and garlic together in a small mixing bowl.

Set the tomato mixture close to the oven so that it will be accessible and easy to place on top of the dough. Have the grated parmesan within easy reach.

Using 1/4 of the pizza dough recipe (for each pizza) gently stretch into 8-inch rounds. Don't work too hard to get a perfectly round shape.

Once the dough is formed, place it on the hot pizza stone and top with the tomato/mozzarella mixture.

Bake for approximately eight minutes, and then top with the Parmesan cheese.

Bake for another 3 - 5 minutes - until the cheese has melted.

Remove from the oven and let it cool for about 90 seconds, slice and serve.

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GERD / Acid Reflux

This recipe contains GERD triggers and those with GERD may wish to avoid it. Some with GERD may find the roasted garlic is not a trigger.

Lactose

This recipe contains cheese and some of those who are lactose intolerant may be able to tolerate it.

Coumadin® (Warfarin)

This recipe is safe for Coumadin (warfarin) users.

Gluten Sensitivity

This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten. Use a gluten-free pizza crust in this dish.

Sodium

This is NOT a low sodium recipe.

Recipe Notes

This pizza is deceptively simple. The strips of tomato bake quickly in the hot oven while the pizza is cooking. They soften slightly and are sweet. The flavor is balanced perfectly by the fresh basil, roasted garlic, and cheese.

Pizza starts with a good crust and this Whole Wheat Pizza Dough is delicious. The honey is used to activate the yeast and brings a softly sweet flavor to the whole wheat flour. You can divide this recipe by 2 or 4 pretty easily.

You can make the full batch of pizza dough and it does freeze well. It is a good idea to freeze it in individual pizza sized balls wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or in a Tupperware container.

A pizza stone is the key to baking a professional quality pie. They are inexpensive and so worth using.

"Never eat more than you can lift."

Miss Piggy