Salami, Hominy, & Smoked Mozzarella Pizza
Salami, Hominy, & Smoked Mozzarella Pizza is a fun and simple dish to make! Crispy, golden dough topped with salami, hominy, and our absolute favorite cheese, smoked mozzarella! Grab a slice or two!
“In Pizza, We Crust.”
Our new life motto.
We had the pleasure of sharpening our pizza making skills last week thanks to Sprouts and the chefs at Cook Street. A few local food bloggers and we gathered at the downtown culinary hotspot to learn how to make a pizza entirely from scratch along with sauces and mozzarella!
Using ingredients from Sprouts, we dove straight into preparing pizza dough. As a non-baker we are always intimidated when the words flour and yeast are a part of the ingredient list. But! With only a few ingredients and words of wisdom from the chefs like add flour to the yeast a little at time so it doesn’t clump up, we were able to whip out a five-star pizza dough.
Once the dough set, it was time to get it ready for the wood fire grill. Stretching dough should be an Olympic sport because there are a lot of things that need to happen to make that reliable circle. One trick we did learn, to make stretching easier lay the dough over your fists and gently punch up and down allowing the dough to expand. Once you’ve stretched the dough to the right proportion, you can toss it in the air!
After our pizza tossing skills were perfected, we started adding our toppings. We went for the half and half approach – one side covered with a savory almond pesto sauce with roasted garlic, golden potatoes, spinach, and onions. The other side covered in a traditional marina sauce with pepperoni and kitchen-made mozzarella cheese, which was the inspiration behind today’s recipe!
We used Sprouts prepared pizza dough to make this recipe for simplicity during the weeknight. We punched out the dough like they taught us in class, spread a thick layer of marinara over the top followed by salami (you can certainly add pepperoni) if you would like), hominy for a little texture, and smoked mozzarella. Um, can we talk about how smoked mozzarella should be on everything? Seriously, game changer.
Place the pizza in the oven and in 30 minutes you have a savory, golden pie that is reliable for the weeknight or an impromptu pizza party!
Now, who needs a slice?
***This post was sponsored by Sprouts
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Salami, Hominy, & Smoked Mozzarella Pizza
Yield: Serves 4Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
1 package Sprouts pizza dough 1 cup pizza sauce 9 slices salami 1 cup hominy, drained 2 cups smoked mozzarella, shredded Fresh basil, garnish
