Meat Lovers Pizza

Pizza-Meat lovers Pizza

 
Chicken, Sausage, Bacon, Sweet onion, and 4 cheeses-Parmesan, mozzarella, fontina, and small amount of cheddar.  
Ingredients:
1-2 chicken thighs, cut into bite size pieces and sauteed in fry pan in olive oil, set aside.
1/2 lb of sausage, cooked in a fry pan, drain on paper towel, and set aside.
Bacon-3-6 slices cooked in fry pan, and then drained on paper towel, and crumbled up into small pieces.
Sweet Onion-diced, sauteed in a little olive oil, set aside
2 Pizza dough rounds (store bought or homemade, you decide)-homemade shown below
1 cup fine grated Parmesan
1 pound Mozzarella, grated
8 ounces Fontina, grated
4 ounces Cheddar, grated
White Sauce-shown below

   
Pizza Dough-Ingredients
makes 2 pizzas
4 cups flour
1 3/8 cup warm water (not hot, not cold, warm to set off yeast correctly)
2 tbsp dry milk (if Vegan-omit)
1 tbsp white granulated sugar (if Vegan, use organic sugar)
1 1/2 tbsp butter (if Vegan, use vegan margarine-Earth Balance is good)
1 3/4 tsp active dry yeast (put in refrigerator after opening)
spray oil for resting bowl

Place in your Kitchen aid mixer with a dough hook following your machines directions for dough.  Or use a bread machine and put on the dough mode. My bread machine takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to make the dough. 

Remove dough to a clean oil sprayed bowl, cover with cling wrap, and a clean towel. Place somewhere warm in your kitchen to rise for 30-45 minutes. 

Cut into 2 equal pieces.  Then take it to a flour covered board, and use a rolling pin, or by hand to make into your pizza circles.  I place them on their pans at this point.  I like to use pizza pans with holes in the bottom, or a pizza stone.  Next add the sauce.  In this case, I used a white sauce.

White Sauce
1 1/2 cups of milk or cream (I used Lactose free 2% milk)
1/4 cup low fat margarine ( or butter)
1/4 cup flour
herbs-
1/4 tsp salt
1/2tsp dill
1/2 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp nutmeg (great for white sauces)-1/2 tsp

directions:
make a rue, (melt the butter, add flour, cook l minute), add the milk, herbs and whisk in until smooth and thickened and at desired thickness. 

Personally I don't use too much sauce, just to coat the pizza all around except the edges.  Brush the edges of the pizza that still show with olive oil before baking.

Add a layer of each of the cheeses very lightly, then add the meats and onions, and the rest of the cheese.  Press down lightly to squish it together so that it will cook evenly.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 22 minutes, until it is well browned, and the center is done.
If using a pizza stone, bake at 450 degrees F for 17-18 minutes.