Fettuccini Alfredo Chicken Pizza

I know this is not a very good picture. I forgot to take a picture before everyone started eating. This was so good. I am a fan of pepperoni pizza and don't venture off from that much. I am very glad I tried this because it is my new favorit pizza. The recipe calls for some vegetables to be put on the pizza but I decided to leave them off. I know I should add them to make it a little healthier but I decided we could have a salad on the side and get the same effect.

Fettuccini Alfredo Chicken Pizza

1 Pizza dough recipe (or Flat Pita Bread-not pocket pitas)
1 1/2 c. ranch dressing
1 T garlic cloves, minced
2 t. basil
1/2 c. shredded Parmesan Cheese
2 lbs. cooked chicken or sausage (or 1 lb each)
Green Onions
Vegetables (Mushrooms, Zucchini, yellow squash, onions, etc.) diced or cut thin
Tomatoes diced small
Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat pizza stone at 400 degrees. Roll out crust, or lay pitas on stone. Mix ranch, parmesan, basil and garlic in bowl. Saute meat and vegetables together until soft. Put sauce on pitas or dough, put meat mixture on top and then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 until golden brown. Makes 2 pizzas and serves 6.

(I put mine on a cookie sheet to bake at 400 degrees for about 15 - 20 minutes.)

Fast and Easy Pizza Dough

3 cups flour, more or less
1 T honey, heaping
1 T oil, heaping
1 cup warm water
1 T yeast
1/2 t garlic salt

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. (if using a pizza stone, let stone heat for at least 30minutes in the oven before baking pizza.) Mix all pizza dough ingredients together, except the flour. Add flour and knead for a bit then put into pan (or use a pizza peel and pizza stone.) If baking in a sheet pan, bake for about 12 minutes (checking often) until crust is browned and cheese is golden and bubbly. if baking on the preheated pizza stone, slide pizza onto stone and bake for about 8 minutes. Makes 1 large pizza.

Pizza Dough

I'm always up for trying new recipes and one night I was looking for a different pizza dough recipe.  I found this one on recipezaar.  It had over 200 5 star reviews.  We made it and it was awesome.  Crispy on the outside and soft and chewy inside. We assemble our pizza by first putting about 1/2 C sauce on pre-baked crust, then about 1 C mozzarella cheese, then toppings, then a sprinkling of mixed shredded cheese. We top it all off with a couple of shakes of parmesan cheese and bake it the rest of the time.

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (may substitute whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the all-purpose)
• 1 Tbl  active dry yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup warm water
• 1/2-1 tablespoon olive oil
• cornmeal, for sprinkling

1. Mix a little sugar into the warm water.
2. Sprinkle yeast on top.
3. Wait for 10 minutes or until it gets all foamy.
4. Pour into a large bowl.
5. Add flour, salt, olive oil.
6. Combine.
7. Knead for 6-8 minutes until you have a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (add a bit more flour if you need to).
8. Cover and let rest for 20-30 minutes.
9. Lightly grease two 12-inch pizza pans.
10. Sprinkle with a little bit of cornmeal.
11. Divide dough in half.
12. Place each half on a pizza pan and pat it with your fingers until it stretches over the whole pan.
13. Try to make it thicker around the edge.
14. If desired, pre-bake at 425 F for 10 minutes (I don't always do this).
15. Then spread with pizza sauce and use the toppings of your choice.
16. Bake at 425 F for 10-20 minutes longer or until bubbly and hot.
17. Makes 2 12-inch pizzas.
18. If you don't want to use all the dough, you can freeze it.
19. Take a portion of dough, form into a ball, rub olive oil over it and place it in a freezer bag (the oil makes it easier to take out of the bag).
20. When you want to make a pizza, take dough out of freezer and allow to thaw before using.