Author Notes: This recipe is a variation on pizza bianca with lardons (bacon pieces) and red onion. Here we use thin lemons slices for brightness combined with crème fraiche as a base with slightly bitter rapini, red onions for punch and colour and creamy unripened goat cheese and pine nuts for depth. You could add a little finely minced garlic to the crème fraiche if you feel like it. NOTES: As you’re rolling out your crust, keep in mind that it will rise as it sits, and as it cooks. You can replace the red onion with a clove of garlic, finely sliced right onto the creme fraîche. (A truffle shaver works great for this.) —The Dog's Breakfast
Serves: 2 – 3
Ingredients
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5
ounces pizza dough
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2-3
tablespoons crème fraîche (or sour cream, or thick yogurt)
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1
lemon, very thinly sliced
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1
cup rapini florets
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4
ounces unripened chèvre, cut into small pieces
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1/4
cup thinly sliced red onion
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2
tablespoons pine nuts
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olive oil
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salt & pepper
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pizza dough
Directions
- Slice the lemon as thinly as you can. Slice the onion and cut the rapini into small florets. Toss the onion and rapini with a bit of olive oil, and a small amount of salt and pepper.
- Roll out the dough, and spread it with a thin layer of crème fraîche, then a single layer of lemon slices. Add the rapini, onions, chèvre, then drizzle with some olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook at 375 F for 8 minutes, then sprinkle with the pine nuts and cook a further 8-10 minutes, or until the crust is lightly golden around the edges. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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