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Easy Skillet Cheese Pizza

Source of Recipe


From "The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook"



List of Ingredients



• 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  
• 1/2 cup canned diced tomatoes, drained with juice reserved
  
• 1 small clove garlic, minced
  
• 1/8 tsp salt
  
• 1 recipe Basic Pizza Dough (or 8 ounces store-bought pizza dough), room temperature
  
• 4 ounces whole-milk mozzarella cheese, shredded (1 cup)
  
• 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
  






Instructions



1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 500°F. Grease 12-inch oven safe skillet with 2 tablespoons oil.
   
   
2. Pulse tomatoes, garlic, salt, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil together in food processor until coarsely ground, about 12 pulses. Transfer mixture to liquid measuring cup and add reserved tomato juice until sauce measures 1/2 cup.
   
   
3. Place dough on lightly floured counter. Press and roll dough into 11-inch round. Transfer dough to prepared skillet; reshape as needed. Spread sauce over dough, leaving 1/2-inch border at edge. Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan evenly over sauce.
   
   
4. Set skillet over high heat and cook until outside edge of dough is set, pizza is lightly puffed, and bottom crust is spotty brown when gently lifted with spatula, about 3 minutes.
   
   
5. Transfer pizza to oven and bake until crust is brown and cheese is golden in spots, 7 to 10 minutes. Using potholders, remove skillet from oven and slide pizza onto cutting board. Let pizza cool for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
   
   Serves 2
   
   
   Basic Pizza Dough
   
   • 1 cup (5-1/2 ounces) bread flour, plus extra as needed
   • 3/4 tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast
   • 1/2 tsp salt
   • 1-1/2 tsp olive oil
   • 7 Tbsp warm water (110°F)
   
   Process flour, yeast, and salt in food processor until combined, about 2 seconds. With processor running, slowly add oil, then water, and process until dough forms sticky ball that clears sides of bowl, 1-1/2 to 2 minutes. (If, after 1 minute, dough is sticky and clings to blade, add extra flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed until it clears sides of bowl.)
   
   Makes 8 ounces dough.
   
   






Final Comments


Feel free to add simple toppings before baking, such as pepperoni, sauteed mushrooms, or browned sausage, but keep the toppings light or they may weigh down the thin crust and make it soggy.