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Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

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Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

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by Sarah Shatz

Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

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by Sarah Shatz

Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pizza
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    Savour's Notes: This is a home grown version of my favorite pizza at my favorite local pizza joint (which some of you may know as Pizzeria Mozza). You can use any pizza dough you like -- the one I've used...

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Serves 3

  1. Combine all ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix with the paddle attachment at low speed for about a minute. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.

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  2. Switch to the dough hook on your stand mixer. Mix at medium speed for about 5 minutes. The dough should be wet but not too tacky.

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  3. Transfer the dough to an oiled board, and knead by hand for a few minutes. Divide into 5 equal portions, form each portion into a ball, and store each portion in a lightly oiled ziplock bag. (At this point, you should be able to freeze the bags you don't plan to use immediately).

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  4. Let the dough sit in the refrigerator at least overnight, or up to 4 days.

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  5. About 90 minutes before you plan to bake the pizzas, take the dough out of the refrigerator, form into a neat ball, and let rest at room temperature on a floured or parchment lined baking sheet.

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  6. Preheat oven to 500 degrees (or higher). Form the pizza dough into a flat dish on a floured sheet. It is now ready for toppings.

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  1. Clean the leeks by slicing them lengthwise and running them under water until all the layers are clean. Roughly chop into 1 inch pieces.

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  2. In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the leeks, and cook over medium heat until they start to soften.

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  3. Add the wine, and cook until absorbed. Add the cream, and cook until absorbed. Salt to taste and remove from heat.

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  4. Meanwhile, chop the bacon into bite sized pieces and fry until cooked but not too crisp (it cooks further in the oven).

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  5. Brush each pizza crust with olive oil. Arrange the leeks, the cooked bacon, and crumbled goat cheese over the top of each pizza.

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  6. Bake at 500 degrees 15 minutes.

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9 Comments on Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

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Leeks seem like they would really bring out the flavor on this one. Check out my pizza blog at http://cheazza.tumblr.com!

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We just moved to Newport Beach from Charlotte, North Carolina. I have seen Mozza a few times on our way to Balboa, and Peter Rhinehart was a instructor at Johnson & Wales in Charlotte. It is very ironic that this outstanding recipe seems to combine our new life with our old one.

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so SO so good! just wrote about it on my blog!
http://recipesistolefromyou.tumblr.com/post/8114592472/bacon-leek-goat-cheese-pizza-yall

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Great recipe, made it this past weekend. I sauteed the leeks in some of the bacon drippings and substituted chicken stock for the wine, worked fine. Hard to go wrong with bacon!

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Excellent pizza! Thanks for sharing.

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Great recipe. Use nuezkes bacon- Wisconsin. It brings it to a better place.

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add cream?what cream? u forgot to list in with the ingredients!
how much cream?

does sound good,though

4009951565_16d666fbc7 Reply

Doh! Why do I always do this on food52 and NEVER on my blog? 1/4 c. cream.

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And yes, it's delicious.

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