Onion Lover's Pizza
WARNING: this pizza is for onion lovers only. If you aren't fully in love with onions you will surely regret biting into this gooey, sweet, caramelized bit of onion heaven.
Cook Time
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 25 min
Ready in: 1 hour 20 min
Yields: Serves 6-8
Ingredients
- 1 packet active dried yeast
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cup hand-hot water
- 3-4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped or minced
- 1 lb onions, half sweet half white, 4-6 onions
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1-2 tbsp cornmeal
Before
After
- In a cup or bowl combine the yeast, sugar and hand-hot water. Let sit for 15 minutes. For hand-hot water run your tap letting the water hit your palm. As soon as its too hot to keep your hand under the water it's in the right temperature range.
- While waiting for the yeast combine half of the flour, 2 tsp salt and rosemary in a large bowl.
- Prep your onions by cutting in half then thinly slicing. Also make sure your garlic is chopped or minced.
- When the 15 minutes are up add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined. Add more flour until a smooth dough forms. You shouldn't use all the flour called for in the recipe.
- Lightly flour a hard surface and knead dough for about 4-5 minutes. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat your oven to 400'F
- While waiting for the dough heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic and 1 tsp of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally until lightly caramelized, as shown in the pictures --->
- Cover a cookie sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray or lightly grease with olive oil. Sprinkle with cornmeal.
- Once 30 minutes are up knead the dough again for 1-2 minutes. Roll into a rectangle that just fits on the cookie sheet.
- Spread the caramelized onions over the dough. Sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake in a 400'F oven for 25 minutes or until the crust just starts to brown.
