Brussels Sprouts & Bacon Pizza

Name: Brussels Sprouts & Bacon Pizza
Yield: Makes one 12-inch (30-cm) pizza; serves 2–4
Ingredients: One 8-oz (225-g) ball fresh mozzarella cheese, preferably buffalo, diced; One 9-oz (250-g) ball NY Style Pizza Dough or Whole Wheat Pizza Dough; 3 slices thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, chopped; Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing; ½ small red onion, thinly sliced; ¾ cup (60 g) Brussels sprouts, halved and cored, outer leaves kept whole and the rest thinly sliced or shaved; Semolina flour, for dusting; ⅓–½ cup (80–120 ml) All-Purpose Pizza Sauce; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 1½ teaspoons balsamic vinegar

Preparation info

Makes one 12 inch pizza; serves
2–4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Williams Sonoma Pizza

By Williams Sonoma

Published 2024

About

The robust flavor of Brussels sprouts is nicely balanced by the addition of smoky bacon and sweet balsamic vinegar in this pizza. Shaving the sprouts ensures they will cook until tender and even get a little caramelization from the heat of the oven.

Ingredients

One 8-oz (225-g) ball fresh mozzarella cheese, preferably buffalo, diced
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Pizza

Method

Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and place a pizza stone on the rack. Preheat the oven to 550°F/290°C (or as high as it will go). Once the oven has reached 550°F/290°C, let the stone continue to heat for 15–30 minutes longer, without opening the door.

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