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Shaved Asparagus Pizza

Shaved Asparagus Pizza

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by Loves Food Loves to Eat

Shaved Asparagus Pizza

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by Loves Food Loves to Eat

Shaved Asparagus Pizza

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by Loves Food Loves to Eat

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
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    Loves Food Loves to Eat's Notes: This pizza was born from a pizza showdown. Or a throwdown (minus Bobby Flay). After weeks of back and forth email taunts, my friends and I gathered for a 'food fight' and whipped out some...

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Makes 1 medium sized pizza

  1. Preheat oven according to dough instructions. Prepare your dough according to directions, stretch it, and lay it on a pizza peel or pan coated with cornmeal. Bush a light amount of olive oil on the dough, sprinkle on garlic and sea salt.

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  2. Top with grated fontina and parm, and a hearty amount of asparagus, you really want to mound the asparagus on, because it will baked down. Sprinkle on pinenuts.

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  3. Bake pizza according to directions for the dough—the bottom should be slightly crispy and golden, and the asparagus should be just browning around the loose edges. Remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board.

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  4. Before serving, top with arugula and shaved parm, and another spritz of lemon if needed.

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14 Comments on Shaved Asparagus Pizza

Ab_sum Reply

This looks absolutely fabulous!

Me Reply

This is on my list for weekend delights!

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Let me know how it turns out!

L1010593 Reply

Yum! That's a great looking pizza! Love the thin crust!!

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Thanks! The crust we used was from 101 Cookbooks--there's a link to it in my Pizza Showdown blog post (linked above).

Tini Reply

This pizza looks amazing! So fresh and spring-y!! Can't wait to try it!

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Thanks!! Super fresh and spring-y!

Sausage2 Reply

Ooh, wow. I would definitely want to be hanging around for the spoils of that contest!

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OH yes.. we had about 10 pizzas when it was all said and done! Each one delicious!

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I like the idea of shaving the asparagus! And sorry, I had Bobby Flay to myself at Belmont Park the other morning!!!!!

Me Reply

Jealous!

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Double jealous! Love me some Bobby Flay!

Shamrock-medal Reply

Yum! What a fun contest.

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Thanks! It was fun... and tasty!

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