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White Pizza

Pizza Crust recipe:

1 cup warm water

1T white sugar

2-1/4 t yeast

3T olive oil

1t salt

2-1/4 cups flour

In a large bowl stir together water, sugar and yeast until dissolved. Add oilve oil and salt and mix. Stir in the flour until well blended, you may need more flour than the recipe calls for but don't use too much or else your dough won't move around like it should. Roll dough out on a flt surface with some cornmeal on the bottom for added crunch to the crust

White Pizza recipe:

2 cups whole or part skim ricotta cheese

2 garlic cloves

a handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped

2 cups grated provolone or mozzarella cheese (I use a combo of both)

1 cup of grated parmigiano reggiano cheese

hot pepper flakes and fresh basil (optional)

Grate the garlic into the ricotta cheese and stir to combine. Mix in the parsley. Drizzle olive oil over pizza crust and spread cheese mixture on top. Top with grated cheeses and bake at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes or until crispy. Top with hot pepper flakes and fresh basil if desired.

And a lovely summer vegetable salad to go along with it:

Sliced cucumber

tomatoes cut into bite size pieces

feta cheese

garbanzo beans

fresh lemon juice

olive oil

Mix all the above ingredients together and season with garlic salt, celery salt and some pepper. mmmmmm... and so easy!