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Honey Cheese Pizza

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Indulge in the perfect combination of sweet and salty with this easy recipe for honey cheese pizza. Simple to make and delicious to eat!

Ingredients

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Pizza crust

  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 3/4 cup water, room temperature
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

Pizza toppings

  • 1/2 cup ricotta (fresh if possible!)
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  • 1 cup shredded fontina
  • 2–3 tablespoons honey
  • Fresh ground pepper

Instructions

  1. Make the pizza crush dough: Pour the water in a small bowl and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
  2. Put the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the olive oil and mix it up with the flour on low speed, and then pour in the yeast and water mixture until it comes together. The dough will be sticky.
  3. Scoop out the dough and form it into a rough ball. Place it in a mixing bowl that has been coated with olive oil, cover it with plastic wrap and let it sit on the counter for about two hours (longer is fine too if you want to make it ahead).
  4. When you are ready to make the pizza, preheat the oven to 375.
  5. Place the dough on a floured surface and cut it in half. Roll each ball out into a ten-inch circle. The circle doesn’t have to be perfect – the interesting shapes are part of the fun of homemade pizza! Place the dough on cookie sheets.
  6. Top with the fontina and mozzarella, and then drop dollops of ricotta on top.
  7. Bake for about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and the crust is golden. Remove and cool for a couple of minutes. Drizzle on honey, grind on fresh pepper, cut in wedges and serve.

Notes

Pizza dough: If you are short on time, you 100% can use a pre-made pizza dough! I would go for the pizza dough that you can find in the refrigerated section of your supermarket as opposed to the pre-baked ones which I find a little too thick for this pizza, but you be you!

Cheeses:  You can experiment with cheeses other than the fontina and mozzarella in the recipe.  I’ve found that both feta and goat cheese are great on this pizza, and if you have some cream cheese that works too. I do suggest mixing at least two cheeses together, and having one (like fontina or feta) that is on the saltier side to balance out the honey.

Honey: You can experiment with different flavors of honey! A good friend of mine recently gave me some local honey made from wildflower pollen, and it is magical.

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/honey-cheese-pizza/