cream cheese pizza
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!!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
1 pizza
Ingredients
- ~FOR SAUCE~
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons oregano
- 3 tablespoons italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons pizza seasoning from grinder, unground
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 pinches red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- 4 tablespoons sausage drippings
- 1 can (12 oz) tomato paste
- 1 can (12 oz) water
- 2 cans (28 oz) crushed tomato
- 1 - bay leaf
- ~~FOR THE PIZZA~~
- 1 medium sized prepared pizza dough. i recommend malinda coletta's perfect pizza dough, its the best i've ever had!
- - pizza sauce (see above)
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese, crumbled
- 8 to 10 slices pepperoni
- 1 medium roma or plum tomato, sliced thinly
- - mozzerella cheese, thinly sliced or grated
- 3 or 4 - fresh basil leaves
How To Make cream cheese pizza
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Step 1~~FOR SAUCE~~
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Step 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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Step 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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Step 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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Step 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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Step 6~~For Pizza~~
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Step 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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Step 8sprinkle pizza pan with flour. stretch dough out and lay on pan.
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Step 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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Step 10next sprinkle a generous amount of oregano and pizza seasonings over the sauce.
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Step 11crumble desired amount of cream cheese onto pizza. arrange pepperoni, then sliced tomato and basil leaves. top with mozzerella.
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Step 12bake on top of pizza stone for 5 to 7 minutes, then turn pizza and bake for 2 more minutes.
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Step 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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