Brazilian-Style Pizza with Heart of Palm and Olives
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Brazilian-style pizza is a great, straight forward use of ingredients. Instead of topping the pizza with a sauce, the tomatoes are sliced but kept in tact, then very simply seasoned. When grating cheese for pizza, I prefer to use a mircoplane, which grates very finely, allowing a little bit to go a long way.
Ingredients:
Dough (makes three medium doughs)
4 cups white whole-wheat flour
1 ½ cups warm water
2 T olive oil
1 t
1 ½ t salt
Toppings (for one pizza)
5 Roma tomatoes, sliced into ¼ inch slices
1 15 oz can heart of palm, hearts sliced into ¼ inch rounds
1 2 ¼ oz can sliced black olives, drained
1 link Linguisa sausage, sliced thin (optional)
1 red onion, sliced
2 oz (about) smoked cheddar cheese, grated with microplane
salt and pepper
olive oil
Instructions:
For the dough
Place the warm water (should be comfortably warm to the touch, but not hot) in a large mixing bowl. Add the yeast and let sit about five minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, mix well and adding more flour or water as needed, then knead for about five minutes. Dough should be tacky but not sticky.
Separate the dough into thirds, then transfer to a greased bowl. Cover with a clean dishtowel, and let sit about one half hour. Punch down then let sit an additional twenty minutes or so.
For the toppings
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Roll out a third of the dough on a lightly greased pizza stone or baking sheet. Lay the sliced tomato on the dough, sprinkle with salt and pepper and lightly drizzle with olive oil. Top with remaining ingredients and place in preheated oven for about fifteen minutes, just until dough is starting to brown.
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