cream cheese pizza
(3 ratings)
Cream Cheese Pizza? YESSS!! The smoothness of the cream cheese in this homemade pizza softens the spice of the pepperoni, its a fantastic combination!!! I have to give credit to Malinda Coletta for her Perfect Pizza Dough!! We make pizza about twice a month because of her fantastic recipe!!
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(3 ratings)
yield
1 pizza
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For cream cheese pizza
- ~FOR SAUCE~
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1 mdyellow onion, finely diced
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3 Tbspminced garlic
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3 Tbspolive oil
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2 Tbsporegano
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3 Tbspitalian seasoning
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2 Tbsppizza seasoning from grinder, unground
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1/2 tspblack pepper
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2 pinchred pepper flakes
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1 Tbspchopped fresh basil
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4 Tbspsausage drippings
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1 can(12 oz) tomato paste
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1 can(12 oz) water
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2 can(28 oz) crushed tomato
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1bay leaf
- ~~FOR THE PIZZA~~
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1 mdsized prepared pizza dough. i recommend malinda coletta's perfect pizza dough, its the best i've ever had!
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pizza sauce (see above)
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4 Tbspcream cheese, crumbled
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8 to 10 slicepepperoni
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1 mdroma or plum tomato, sliced thinly
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mozzerella cheese, thinly sliced or grated
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3 or 4fresh basil leaves
How To Make cream cheese pizza
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1~~FOR SAUCE~~
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2in thick-bottomed saucepan sautee onions and garlic in olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes, or until tender. Add spices and sausage drippings. Fry for 1 minute.
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3Add tomato paste and combine. fry this mixture for about a minute (stirring) or until color begins to orange slightly. Add water, crushed tomatoes and bay leaf.
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4bring sauce to gentle boil, then reduce heat and cover for half an hour, stirring occasionaly. chill completely before using on pizza
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5~~~NOTE~~~for sausage drippings: remove sausage from the casings of about 1/2 lb Italian sausage and fry in a fry pan. Reserve meat for toppings or another recipe. Use pan drippings for this sauce.
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6~~For Pizza~~
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7if you have a pizza stone, put it in the 2nd from the bottom rack in the oven, and preheat to 550 degrees.
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8sprinkle pizza pan with flour. stretch dough out and lay on pan.
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9beginning in the middle, spoon on sauce and spread in outward circle until you've reached where you want your crust to start. I like less crust so i put the sauce almost to the edge. Be careful to use the sauce sparingly, as too much will make the pizza soggy.
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10next sprinkle a generous amount of oregano and pizza seasonings over the sauce.
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11crumble desired amount of cream cheese onto pizza. arrange pepperoni, then sliced tomato and basil leaves. top with mozzerella.
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12bake on top of pizza stone for 5 to 7 minutes, then turn pizza and bake for 2 more minutes.
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13slide pizza off pan and directly on stone and bake for another 2 to 3 minutes. remove from oven and allow to cool for 3 to 5 minutes before serving.
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