Goat Cheese and Vegetable Pizza
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 2 1/4 cups Bread Flour
- 1 cup Water lukewarm
- 1 package Rapid Rise Yeast 7 grams
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Sugar
Pizza Sauce
- 14.5 oz Tomato Sauce
- 6 cloves Garlic large ones!
- 2 Yellow Onions
- 1/2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Fennel Seed
- 1 tbsp Fresh Basil minced
Pizza Toppings
- 8 oz Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 8 oz Mozzarella Cheese shredded
- 5.5 oz Goat Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F / 220C.
- Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in a bowl. Set on the stovetop and let sit for 10 minutes.
- During that wait, slice the onions.
- After letting the yeast mixture sit, add the bread flour and salt and mix to combine.
- Knead the dough in the bowl for 5 minutes. It will be kind of sticky!
- Return the bowl to the stovetop and let the dough rise for 45 minutes.
- During this rest time, place the onions in a pan with the olive oil and set it to medium-high heat. Stir occasionally.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half lengthwise.
- Cut the bell pepper into half-strips.
- Add the cut vegetables onto a baking sheet. Coat with olive oil, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning as desired.
- Bake at 425 F for 20 minutes.
- Peel and mince 6 cloves of garlic.
- Add the garlic and fennel seed to the pan with the onions and cook until fragrant, roughly 1 minute.
- Add the tomato sauce and remaining spices to the pan. Reduce the heat to low and let it sit until it is time for the pizza to be assembled.
- After 45 minutes of rising time, spread the pizza dough on a pizza pan and bake for 5 minutes at 425F.
- To assemble the pizza, place on the pizza sauce, ¾ of the mozzarella cheese, the vegetable toppings, the remaining mozzarella cheese, and finally the goat cheese.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 425F.
- Enjoy!