Fun With Cheese
Here is an idea for an easy to prepare, gourmet pizza using pre-made pizza crust. Top with your favorite ingredients, such as sundried tomato, fresh basil, and kalamata olives for a delicious, homemade, gourmet pizza.
Gourmet Pizza Ingredients
- Boboli, or other premade, individual pizza crust
- Your favorite brand of soft, spreadable goats cheese
- Pizza toppings
- Parmesan cheese
- Fresh basil
Gourmet Pizza Directions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread the bottom of the pizza crust with a layer of spreadable cheese. I used Alouette’s sundried tomato and basil soft spreadable cheese.
- Top the pizza with your favorite pizza toppings.
- Sprinkle a layer of grated Parmesan cheese on top of the toppings.
- Add a handful of chopped, fresh basil leaves to the top of the pizza.
- Cook in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until the cheese has melted and is lightly brown on top.
- Cut into 4 pieces using a pizza wheel.
- Serve immediately.
Gourmet Pizza Toppings
Choose from your favorite pizza toppings to top your individual gourmet pizzas. Here are a few suggestions:
- Kalamata olives
- Green olives
- Capers
- Minced garlic
- Marinated mushrooms
- Anchovy fillets
- Leftover cooked shrimp
- Sundried tomatoes
- Thin sliced green onions
- Feta cheese
- Crumbled bacon
- Diced Canadian bacon
- Fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, oregano
Pizza as Appetizer or Dinner
Serve individual gourmet pizzas as the main course for dinner. You can also cut up a couple of pizzas to serve as an appetizer.
Pizza Salad Topping
I’ve seen a few chefs adding fresh greens, such as baby arugula, to the top of their pizzas, after they come out of the oven. I decided to give it a try, kind of a neat way to eat a salad along with your pizza.
- Mixed greens such as baby arugula, spinach and radicchio
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Fresh ground black pepper
- Course sea salt
Sprinkle the greens on top of the pizza, as soon as you remove it from the oven. Then drizzle on a bit of good quality, extra virgin olive oil and top with a few grinds of black pepper and some course sea salt.
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Take care,
Lynn Smythe
Founder and Chief Blogger
The Creative Cottage
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