Walnut Blue Cheese Whole Wheat Pizza.
Ingredients of Walnut Blue Cheese Whole Wheat Pizza
- You need 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups of ap flour.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of water.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of lager, like Sam Adams Boston.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- It’s 1 tsp of salt.
- It’s 2 tsp of active yeast.
- It’s 1/4 lb of crumbled blue cheese.
- You need 1/4 lb of walnuts, chopped.
- It’s 4 of garlic cloves, crushed and chopped fine.
- You need 1 of red pepper, diced.
- Prepare 1 of red onion, diced.
- You need 1 of medium tomato, diced.
- You need 6 leaves of fresh basil.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil to saute veggies.
- It’s to taste of sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
Walnut Blue Cheese Whole Wheat Pizza instructions
- For the dough (in the morning).
- Heat lager in microwave for 10 seconds, or to 90 degrees.
- Sprinkle yeast on top, let it foam, about 5 minutes.
- Mix flours and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- With a flexible bench scraper or spatula, mix in the water, 2 tbsp olive oil and the yeast mixture until it starts to pull away from the side of the bowl, make sure the dough is not too sticky. Remove to board..
- Coat the bowl with a thin film of olive oil..
- Place the dough in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, put in warm, dry place. Go to work..
- In the evening, punch down the dough and separate into 2 pieces. Wrap one and put in frig for future use..
- Coat a 1/4 sheet pan with olive oil and a paper towel..
- Place dough in pan, stretch to ends, cover with plastic. Let it rise for 15-30 mins..
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees..
- While dough is resting, put 2 tbsp olive oil in sautee pan over medium heat. When hot, add diced onion, cook for 3 minutes. Add garlic, take off heat..
- Take plastic off the dough. Stretch to ends if needed. Spread the warm garlic and oil mixture over the top, brushing so it covers the entire surface..
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper..
- Add walnuts, blue cheese, tomato and red pepper..
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven, add basil..
- Cook for 5 more minutes or until brown around the edges..
- Remove to cooling rack for 5 minutes..
- Slide onto cutting board to serve..