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Pizza capricciosa

Pizza Capricciosa

Balazs Szilagyi
A little known original Italian pizza based on 4 different toppings
4 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 1 pizza

Ingredients
  

  • 10 oz pizza dough 280 g
  • 4 tbsp tomato purée (passata) 66 g
  • extra virgin olive oil a few drops
  • 1 pinch dried oregano
  • 1 pinch salt
  • oz fresh mozzarella cheese 150 g
  • 1 slice prosciutto cotto cooked ham, about 35 g or 1.2 oz
  • 1 medium Italian brown mushroom about 40 g or 1.4 oz
  • 15-20 black olives
  • canned artichoke hearts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to the highest heat possible.
    Wall oven pizza setting
  • Form a ball from the pizza dough. Start by making a circular motion with the palm of your hand, with some pressure. Then release the pressure gradually until you get a nice ball shape. Put your pizza dough balls on a lightly floured work surface. Dust them with some more flour, and let them proof covered with a kitchen towel for another 15 minutes.
    Homemade pizza dough
  • Shape each dough ball to form a large, thin disk and place it in a pizza pan.
    Pizza capricciosa recipe 1
  • Put the tomato purée (passata) on top of the pizza dough, in the middle. With a back of a spoon or a ladle, using circular motions towards the edges, make sure the tomato covers your pizza dough. Leave an edge about 1 inch (2-3 cm) thick.
    Pizza capricciosa recipe 3
  • Drizzle a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle some dried oregano and salt.
  • Add mozzarella cheese. Just tear it in bite size pieces, and place them over the tomato sauce.
    Pizza capricciosa recipe 5
  • Cut mushrooms into 1/4-1/5 inch (5-6 mm) slices and the artichoke hearts into 8 pieces. Tear your ham into bite-size pieces.
  • Put all the toppings on your pizza; ham, mushrooms, artichokes, and olives. It is called capricciosa (capricious) because all these different toppings go all together, so just don't worry shaping them.
  • Transfer the pizza capricciosa into the oven. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges are slightly browned.
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