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Four Cheese Pizza

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Four Cheese Pizza has an infused garlic oil for the “sauce” and is topped with four cheeses (I’m guessing you already knew that from the recipe title).

Yesterday I posted a recipe for Pizza Dough and as promised I am back with a recipe to top that pizza dough with! I really like the cheese combination on this pizza. Of course there is mozzarella and parmesan, two cheeses I always use on my pizzas and I’ve added cheddar cheese and blue cheese.

If you’ve never tried blue cheese on a pizza, I urge you to try it. My husband, Mr. B and I love blue cheese on pizzas. I will warn you though, you don’t want to use too much blue cheese or it will over power the other cheeses. My recipe calls for 1/2 of cup and that is plenty.

I think you will also like the garlic infused olive oil I use in place of pizza sauce. The garlic really shines through on this pizza and goes well with the strong flavors of the cheese. Of course, you can use pizza sauce if you like, the pizza will be good with either sauce.

The pizza before it is baked.

The pizza before it is baked.

 

 

Here is the pizza fresh out of the oven.

Here is the pizza fresh out of the oven.

 

 

A cheesy slice.

A cheesy slice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like how thin the crust is.

I like how thin the crust is.

 

 

Four Cheese Pizza

Four Cheese Pizza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

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Four Cheese Pizza

Rating: 51

Yield: one 14 Inch Pizza

Four Cheese Pizza

Ingredients

  • 1 pizza dough
  • 3 tbsp. olive oil, plus more for the pizza pan
  • 2-3 garlic cloves, smashed with skins removed
  • Pizza Seasoning, optional
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup blue cheese, crumbled

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Brush olive oil on a 14” pizza pan and stretch the pizza dough to fit the pan.
  • Add the 3 tbsp. of olive oil and garlic cloves to a small saucepan and heat on medium heat, once the oil starts to bubble, turn the heat to medium low and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the garlic and brush the pizza dough with the oil.
  • Sprinkle the pizza with pizza seasoning, optional. Sprinkle the mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan cheese on the dough. Crumble the blue cheese over the dough.
  • Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until the cheese starts to bubble and brown. Mine took 15 minutes, yours may take a few minutes more or less.
http://www.lovefoodwillshare.com/four-cheese-pizza/

 

Pizza Dough

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I love home made pizza and this recipe for fresh pizza dough makes it very easy to make pizza at home.

I know some people shy away from recipes that have yeast in them, as I did at one point, but I am here to tell you it’s easy to use when making this recipe for pizza dough.

The recipe is made up of water, yeast, salt, sugar, olive oil and flour and it yields enough for 4 pizzas. It keeps in the refrigerator for 12 days, so if you are worried that 4 doughs might be too much, you don’t have to use them all on the day you make the pizza dough. You could also cut the recipe in half and have 2 pizza doughs.

This is the size of the dough after you have mixed it.

This is the size of the dough after you have mixed it.

 

 

This is the dough after is has had time to rise.

This is the dough after is has had time to rise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another picture after the dough has had time to rise.

Another picture after the dough has had time to rise.

 

 

The recipe makes enough for four pizzas.

The recipe makes enough for four pizzas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

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Pizza Dough

Yield: 4 - 1 lb. loaves

Pizza Dough

Ingredients

  • 2-3/4 cups lukewarm water
  • 1-1/2 tablespoon granulated yeast (2 packets)
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

  • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, or in a large bowl using a wooden spoon, mix the yeast, salt, sugar, and olive oil with the water.
  • Mix in the flour in your stand mixer being careful not to over mix. If you are not using a machine, wet your hands in order to incorporate the bit of flour by hand.
  • Transfer dough to large bowl and brush with olive oil. Cover the bowl (not airtight) and allow the dough to rest at room temperature until dough rises and collapses or is flat on top. This will take approximately 2 hours. You can use the dough right after the first rise but I find it easier to work with when the dough is cold.
  • Refrigerate in a lidded (not airtight) container and use over the next 12 days.

Notes

You can easily cut this recipe in half.

http://www.lovefoodwillshare.com/pizza-dough/

Adapted from My Baking Addiciton