Pat Lenz's Leek and Goat Cheese Pizzas
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4tablespoons butter
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 2cups finely diced leeks (white part only - about six medium leeks)
- 1cup finely chopped onion
- 2large pinches saffron threads
- Salt to taste
- Cornmeal
- ½recipe basic pizza dough
- 6ounces Boucheron goat cheese, rind removed and cheese crumbled
- 6halves imported sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and cut in julienne slivers, or 16 pitted Italian black olives, coarsely chopped
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat butter and oil in a skillet. Add leeks and onions and saute over low heat, covered, until the vegetables are very tender but not brown. Stir them from time to time as they cook.
- Step 2
Crumble saffron into skillet, add salt and mix. Cover and continue to cook 10 more minutes, stirring a few times.
- Step 3
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Dust a large baking sheet with cornmeal.
- Step 4
Divide dough into four equal portions. Shape each into a circle about 6 inches in diameter with a rim of about ½ inch and place on baking sheet. Spread each circle of dough with the saffron-flavored leek mixture.
- Step 5
Sprinkle crumbled goat cheese evenly over each pizza, then arrange strips of sun-dried tomatoes like spokes of a wheel over the cheese. If using olives, sprinkle the pieces in a circular pattern on each pizza.
- Step 6
Bake on the bottom level of the oven until lightly browned and the cheese has melted, about 20 minutes. Serve at once.
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