Cast Iron Skillet Pizza With Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipes

CAST IRON SKILLET PIZZA WITH HOMEMADE RANCH DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
• For the ranch dressing: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, garlic, buttermilk, vinegar, Worcestershire, dill and chives. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate while you make the pizza.
• For the pizza sauce: Mix together the tomato puree, vinegar and oregano. Season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
• Preheat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• For the pizza: Stretch the pizza dough into a 10-inch round. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the hot pan. Transfer the pizza dough to the pan. Cook for 3 minutes, then remove from the heat. Top with the desired amount of pizza sauce (reserve any remaining sauce for dipping or another use), followed by cheese and pepperoni. Brush the crust edge with more olive oil, then drizzle some oil over the pizza.
• Return the pan to the stove and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. You want the bottom of the crust to start to brown.
• Carefully transfer the pan to the oven and bake until the cheese is browned and bubbly, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven. Slice and serve with ranch dressing for dipping.

HOT SAUSAGE CAST-IRON SKILLET PAN PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 525 to 550 degrees F, as high as it goes, with rack at center. Preheat cast-iron skillet, 10 to 12 inches, over medium-high heat. Preheat a second smaller cast-iron or other skillet over medium-high heat for the sausage.
• Gather your ingredients.
• In a food processor, whizz up sauce: tomatoes, paste, garlic, oregano, sugar, salt and a few leaves of basil.
• Stretch dough into an even round that will cover large skillet.
• Drizzle a little EVOO in smaller skillet. Cut sausage from casing, add to pan and lightly brown and crumble. Turn pan off.
• Sprinkle a little cornmeal and flour in larger skillet and press dough into and up sides as much as possible. The pan is hot -- reminder. Brush the dough with EVOO and season with a little salt and pepper or red pepper flakes. Top the dough with the sauce and sausage, scatter the cheeses over the sausage and place in oven.
• To the sausage skillet, add a little water, honey and chili paste and stir to combine (reheat your pan if it's not warm enough to heat the honey).
• Bake the pizza 15 minutes to deep golden brown and bubbly. Drizzle or brush the pizza with the chili honey mixture and top with torn basil.
• To a mixer with dough hook attached, add warm water and yeast and let the yeast bloom and foam, 5 minutes.
• Add EVOO, honey and salt and turn on mixer. Add the flour gradually to form dough. Transfer to a bowl drizzled with a little EVOO and cover; let stand 1 hour.
• Cut dough in half; wrap half the dough and freeze for later use.
• Using a mandoline or very sharp knife, thinly slice the fennel and the red onion and place in a bowl. Add juice of orange and lemon and season with salt and pepper. Pit olives and coarsely chop; add to bowl. Add capers and arugula or kale. When ready to serve, add EVOO, 2 slow turns of the bowl, toss and serve.

DOUBLE-RANCH PIZZA WITH CHICKEN AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cook bacon in a large skillet and over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels and cool.
• Pour oil into a 12-inch cast iron skillet. Brush oil all over the interior of the skillet. Place dough into the skillet and shape into a pizza, forming a crust at the edge. Prick dough all over with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and reshape dough if necessary. Sprinkle the top of the dough with 2 teaspoons ranch seasoning. Spread ranch dressing on top.
• Sprinkle shredded mozzarella, chicken, and red onion over pizza crust. Crumble cooled bacon on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and top is browned, about 20 minutes.
• Remove pizza from oven and top with tomato slices. Melt butter and mix in the remaining dry ranch seasoning. Brush crust with butter-ranch mixture.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil pizza until cheese is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes, being careful not to burn.