Red Pepper Hawaiian Pizza with Chives
Sweet, spicy, and savory, this homemade pizza is the perfect combination of flavors.
Ingredients
Crust
- ¾ cup warm water
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 packet dry yeast
- 2 cups flour (plus more for handling)
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp cornmeal
Toppings
- 1 cup pineapple cubed
- 1 small package sliced ham
- 1/3 cup tomato or marinara sauce
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp pepper
- ½ tsp coarse salt
- 1 tbsp chives chopped
- 8 oz mozzarella
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix honey with warm water and then stir in yeast to activate yeast. After ~5 minutes, slowly add flour, salt, and paprika, mixing as you go. Using your hands, knead dough, adding flour if needed until it springs to the touch. Place dough in a bowl, adding olive oil to coat. Cover bowl with a kitchen towel and let rest for 30-60 min.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove dough and place on a lightly floured surface. Using a roller dusted with flour, roll dough into a circle until it is slightly larger than your 12-inch pizza pan and press cornmeal into the bottom-side of the dough. Place pizza dough on pan and fold the edges inward to make a crust. Lightly brush crust with olive oil or melted butter.
- Place dough in oven without toppings for 5 minutes and remove. Place toppings on pizza starting with tomato sauce/marinara, then ham and pineapple, then heaps of mozzarella, then the spices. Place back in oven for 20 minutes or until the crust has set and is golden brown. Sprinkle with chives to finish.
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