Veggie Pizza... thin crust!

You haven't had pizza until you've had New York pizza. I'm talking about the kind you get for $3.00 a slice from the old corner pizza shop. Missing New York, one afternoon I decided to hunt down a recipe for pizza dough. This one I found in the recipe booklet that came with my food processor. Can you believe it? Mixing the dough is pretty easy and you can do it all in the food processor, but you have to let it rise for 45 mins to 1 hour, before you can bake the pizza. So be sure to plan ahead for this. Once you make the dough however, you can rub it with some olive oil and put it in the refrigerator for up to 24hours before baking.  Now I won't tell you that I actually left my dough rising overnight, because I was too lazy to make pizza after the dough was ready. The next day I had to knead it over, because it was so big and puffy... but the pizza still came out delicious, light and crispy.

Now you too can have delicious home made pizza!
 
This recipe makes 2 pies.


Ingredients:

• Pizza Dough
•  1/2 cup Pasta or marinara sauce
• 2 ounces fresh mozzarella, shredded
• 2 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded (I love the flavor it adds)
• 1 ounce Reggiano Parmesan, shredded
• 1/2 zucchini, thinly sliced
• 1/2 yellow squash, thinly sliced
• 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
• About 10 plum tomatoes, sliced in half
• 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (for brushing the crust)
• A dash of flour or cornmeal for dusting the pan.

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
Divide the dough into 2, then let rest for 10 mins. Roll each dough out to size. I just used my hands and stretched it to fit unto my pizza crisper, of course after I dusted the crisper! You can buy a pizza crisper from Target, Walmart or Bed Bath and Beyond.
Brush the edges of the dough with the olive oil. Then, spoon half of the pasta or marinara sauce onto each dough. Add 1/2 of the zucchini, squash, tomatoes and onions to each, ensuring that the entire pizza has bits of each. Using a spatula spread the sauce evenly over the dough. Then add 1/2 of the shredded cheeses combined. Place on top rack in oven and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes. When pizza is bubbly and the edges of the dough are puffed, crisped and golden brown, remove from the oven. Let rest for 2 to 3 minutes before slicing up and enjoying.