Name: Pepperoni with Chile
Yield: Makes one 12-inch round pizza Serves1-2
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 12 slices large pepperoni or 30 slices small pepperoni; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley; 1 roma tomato, sliced thinly into 8 slices; ⅓ cup pizza sauce; 12 large mint leaves, optional; Pinch of dried chile flakes, optional; 6 oz pizza dough; 1 garlic confit clove, crushed; ½ cup shredded mozzarella; 1 oz buffalo mozzarella, torn, + ½ oz extra, torn into small pieces; Semolina or all-purpose flour, for rolling

Preparation info

Makes one 12 inch round pizza Serves
1-2

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Pizza

By Pete Evans

Published 2012

About

This is my all-time favorite pizza. I love the chewiness of the pepperoni and also the heat that comes from the chile in it. There is a classic Italian combination that combines chile and mint and I really wanted to see what that was like on a pizza, so I tried it with the pepperoni and discovered it works great. The buffalo mozzarella adds a wonderful creaminess to the pizza that ties it all together. If you want to keep it simple, by all means omit the mint, but do me a favor and try it a