chardonnay-margherita-pizza

 

chardonnay-margherita-pizza

i was going to make my spanish rice tonight  but the jalapeno i planned on using went missing (sorry liza-will post soon). so, we ordered pizza instead and although i didn’t make my margherita pizza tonight, i thought it would be a good night to post the recipe. like yesterday’s meal- if you prep the dough ahead of time this doesn’t take long to make at all.

ingredients:

pizza dough (i use giada’s recipe)

2-3 roma tomatoes sliced paper thin

20 fresh basil leaves

2 cloves garlic

EVOO

chardonnay

cornmeal

finely shredded italian cheese blend

dry italian seasoning mix (I use the whole foods bulk blend)

20 fresh basil leaves

directions:

preheat the oven to 425. roll the dough out into a circle and pour a light layer of cornmeal on a baking pan- place the pizza on the cornmeal dressed pan and drizzle the dough with EVOO and  italian seasoning.  pre-bake the dough for about 8 minutes.  then, slice the roma tomatoes almost paper thin and place in a medium fry pan.  cover the tomatoes with the chardonnay and 2 teaspoons of dried italian seasoning and simmer the tomatoes in the wine until the wine has almost completely reduced. after the dough has pre-baked, top with the cheese and the wine-saturated tomatoes. then, return the pizza to the oven and bake until the dough is lightly brown on the edges, about 8 more minutes.  once you remove the pizza from the oven, top with the torn basil and 2 cloves of freshly chopped garlic.