Pizza With Tomatoes, Onions And Olives

Name: Pizza With Tomatoes, Onions And Olives
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 large, 2 medium, or more smaller pizzas
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 4 or 5 ripe tomatoes; Coarse salt; Pizza dough (see recipe); 1 medium red onion or 4 shallots, peeled and chopped; 20 black olives like calamata, pitted and chopped; Olive oil as needed

By Mark Bittman

Total Time: 30 minutes
Rating: 4(18)
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Ingredients

Yield:1 large, 2 medium, or more smaller pizzas

4 or 5ripe tomatoes
Coarse salt
Pizza dough (see recipe)
1medium red onion or 4 shallots, peeled and chopped
20black olives like calamata, pitted and chopped
Olive oil as needed

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Preparation

Step 1
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Step 2
Core tomatoes, then cut in half horizontally. Gently squeeze out liquid and shake out most seeds, then slice tomatoes as thin as possible. Salt lightly and let sit at least 10 minutes, then drain off any excess liquid.
Step 3
Top pizza rounds on baking sheet with tomatoes, onions, olives and a little olive oil. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until nicely browned.