Celebrate National Pizza Day with ALLORA's Chef Maher's Carbonara Recipe
Pizza aficionados are invited to celebrate National Pizza Day to the fullest on Friday, February 9, 2018, with a mouthwatering Carbonara Pizza recipe created by ALLORA’s Executive Chef Chris Maher. Made with pancetta, cracked pepper, mozzarella, Percorino Romano and farm eggs, the Carbonara is one of ALLORA’s signature pizzas that leaves hungry diners asking for another slice. Executive Chef Maher says, “I’ve been making pizza, in one form or another, for more than half my life. I’m fascinated by the seemingly endless possibilities. The pizza itself, acts as a vehicle for us to really create something special.”
CARBONARA PIZZA RECIPE:
(Yields 4 Pizzas)
Ingredients:
For the dough
4 cups “00” flour (if unavailable, all-purpose flour will work)
2 tsp sea salt
1.5 tsp instant dry yeast
1.5 cups water, room temperature
For the sauce
1 pint heavy cream
½ cup grated pecorino romano
1.5 Tbsp cracked black pepper
Kosher salt to taste
For the pizza
12oz fresh mozzarella
1/2lb pancetta, sliced thin
4 fresh farm eggs, room temperature
Preparation:
Combine flour, salt, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment. Mix to combine.
Add water and mix to combine. Then, knead dough on low speed for 10 minutes. The mixture should come together into a unified mass that barely sticks to the bottom of the bowl.
Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. It can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours.
When ready to make pizza, transfer dough to a floured work surface. Divide dough into four even sections.
Coat four small containers or bowls with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil.
With floured hands, form each section into a ball. Place one dough ball into each coated container or bowl. Lightly spray the top of each dough ball with nonstick cooking spray or coat with olive oil.
Cover each container or bowl tightly with plastic wrap, and let rise at room temperature for 2 hours. Each dough ball should double in volume.
To make the Sauce, simply mix all ingredients together.
Heat a pizza stone in the oven at 450° F
Assemble the Pizzas:
On a well-floured surface, stretch out each ball into a 10-inch circle. Use a floured rolling pin if you need it. Don’t worry about the dough being a perfect circle!
Place one dough ball onto a lightly-floured pizza peel, shake gently to ensure that the dough is not sticking.
Spread about 1/4 of the sauce over the dough, leaving about a 1/2-inch edge unsauced.
Top the sauce with a quarter of the mozzarella slices, and prosciutto. Crack an egg right in the center of the pizza.
Transfer pizza from peel to the hot stone and bake about 5 to 7 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and crust is charred in places.
Remove from the oven and top with fresh cracked pepper.
Slice and enjoy!
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