Belgio Dulce Pizza Recipes

PIZZA DOLCE (ITALIAN SWEET PIE)

Steps:

• 1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl and mix well.
• 2. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan or two 10 inch rounds.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes (until top is golden.) Start checking after an hour.
• 4. Let cool completely. (You can make this ahead and keep in frig.)
• 5. Cut into squares and arrange on plate (if baked in pan) or if you baked in the two rounds, serve like you would a pie. Enjoy!

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSHROOMS PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Slice portobellos crosswise to make 6 rounds. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Cook portobello rounds, in batches, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Drain and cut out heart shapes with a cookie cutter. Set aside.
• Shape dough out onto a round 14-inch pizza screen or pan. Spoon a thin layer of creme fraiche onto the dough. Spread Mushroom Saute over the pizza. Sprinkle pizza evenly with the three cheeses and top with Portobello hearts.
• Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes, or until the cheeses are melted and lightly browned. Remove pizza from the oven, drizzle zig zag lines of both red wine sauces, dot with creme fraiche and serve.
• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute about 1 to 2 minutes without browning the garlic. Add mushrooms and cook until all the liquid is reduced. Add the black pepper, parsley, and heavy cream, cook for 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Cool until needed.
• In 2 separate saucepans, bring each wine to a boil. Boil to reduce each to about 2 ounces.
• Combine 1/2 cup crème fraiche with 1 ounce of first red wine reduction. Add small amounts of the remaining 1 ounce of the reduction to taste. Do the same with the second red wine reduction.

BIBA'S OWN LOBSTER PIZZA

Steps:

• For the dough: Mix first four ingredients and let rise for hour. Add the next three ingredients to above, then add enough all purpose flour to bring dough together into a smooth, soft, but not sticky dough. Let sit out 1 hour. Put in oiled bowl. Cover. Refrigerate overnight. Use the next day.
• For the cream: In boiling salted water, blanch the lobster for seven minutes, then shock it in an ice bath.
• Remove the head for the lobster cream sauce. Remove the lobster meat and dice it into half-inch pieces. Split the lobster body in half and by half again. Place the body in a saucepan and then cover it with the cream. Add the parsley and the tomato and peppercorns. Slowly simmer cream, reducing it by half. Remove cream from heat and strain. Grate the parmesan and the ricotta salada cheese. Slice shallots and garlic, and cook slowly in olive oil till translucent.
• For the pizza: Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Divide pizza dough into five ounce portions, gently rolling into balls. Using a small rolling pin, gently roll the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface to an 11 inch circle. Place the dough on a floured pizza peel or flour the back of a small sheet pan and place the dough on that. In a small bowl, place the lobster pieces. Ladle two ounces of the lobster cream into the bowl. Sprinkle the dough with both cheeses. Add lobster and cream. Sprinkle shallots and garlic and some of the olive oil on top. Sprinkle with the scallion rounds. Bake on the bottom of a hot oven, dusted with semolina or flour, or on a pizza stone that has been preheated. Bake until the pizza is golden brown and crisp on the bottom.

FRIDAY PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven with a pizza stone to 350 degrees F.
• Roll out a piece of dough flat and thin, and large enough to cover handle of peel and complete the half circle of the peel. Brush parts of dough that will cover the handle with beaten egg. Once the dough is firm, cut the dough to complete the circle. Let dough rest for 1 hour.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl. Mix well by hand. Put mixture on top of pizza. Bake pizza on pizza stone until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

PIZZA DOLCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together. Spray bottom of 9" X 13" glass dish with cooking spray. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until set and golden brown. Chill for 8 hours. Cut into 2" X 2" pieces. Makes about 24.