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White Pizza with Roasted Tomatoes

Amber Bogardus
A delicious date night treat! White pizza with spicy ricotta cheese, fresh mozzarella, grape tomatoes, and arugula.
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Prep Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 367 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Pizza Dough Kit* to prepare 10 - 12 inch pizza crust store bought
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh Parsley minced
  • 1 tbsp + 2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil divided
  • 2 Garlic Cloves minced
  • ½ cup Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
  • ½ to 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 10 - 12 Pure Flavor® Juno® Bites Red Grape Tomatoes halved
  • cup Mozzarella Cheese shredded
  • ¼ cup Arugula

Instructions
 

  • Heat pizza stone in the oven at 500° for 1 hour while you prepare the rest of your ingredients.
  • Prepare pizza dough per the instructions on the package.
  • Combine 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, garlic, parsley, and a sprinkle of kosher salt. Brush mixture onto prepared pizza dough all the way out to the outer edge. Set aside.
  • In a separate small bowl, combine ricotta, the remaining olive oil, crushed red pepper, and a sprinkle each of kosher salt and black pepper. Stir to combine into a light fluffy texture.
  • Turn the oven down to 400° in preparation for your pizza.
  • Sprinkle a light later of mozzarella cheese on to prepared pizza dough.
  • Drop dollops of ricotta cheese mixture all over pizza.
  • Press tomato halves into the pizza with the inside of the tomatoes facing up.
  • Slide pizza onto a pizza scraper* and place onto the hot pizza stone in the oven.
  • Bake at 400° for 15 - 20 minutes until the crust is crisp and the cheese has melted.
  • Broil for 1 - 2 minutes until you see a few crispy bubbles of cheese on top.
  • Remove pizza from the oven, allow to cool just slightly and top with fresh arugula and extra crushed red pepper, to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 367kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 14gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 1378mgPotassium: 162mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 708IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 124mgIron: 3mg
Keyword cherry tomatoes, pizza, pizza recipe, white pizza
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