Tomato, Pancetta and Arugula Pizza
This is my entry for this week's Weekend Herb Blogging round up. The blogging event was started by Kalyn from Kalyn's Kitchen. This week's round up is being hosted by host is Anna from Anna's Cool Finds.
We've made another pizza using the recipe for pizza dough we were taught in the 'Taste of Italy' cooking class. I had some things in the refrigerator which I wanted to use up so this pizza was created. We liked the contrast between the peppery arugula and the salty pancetta.
Tomato, Pancetta and Arugula Pizza
I recipe pizza dough, spread thinly
12 slices of thin pancetta
16 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup prepared sun-dried tomato pesto
grated Italian cheese blend (to taste depending upon how 'cheesy' you like your pizza)
2 handfuls arugulaHeat over to 425 degrees
Spread the sun dried tomato pesto over the prepared pizza dough. Arrange the halved tomatoes and thinly sliced pancetta evenly over the pizza. Cover with 3/4 of the cheese.
Bake in the centre of the oven for about 23 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove, sprinkle the almost cooked pizza with arugula and the remaining cheese.
Return to the oven and bake for 2 - 3 more minutes.
Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Slice and enjoy!
Mmm...looks good - did the pancetta cooking well just being done in the oven? Was it greasy?
Posted by:Kim | January 26, 2008 at 06:35 PM
Kim - the pancetta crisped up nicely and didn't add a lot of grease to the pizza at all. If your pancetta was fatty I think I might fry it a bit first in an effort to cook off some of the grease.
Posted by:Jerry | January 27, 2008 at 08:23 AM
This looks wonderful Jerry! Thanks for participating in WHB this week.
Posted by:Anna Haight | January 27, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Arugula and pancetta on pizza sounds just fantastic to me! Gorgeous.
Posted by:Kalyn | January 27, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Jerry, everything about this looks delicious. Tomatoes and pancetta are so good together, and the arugula is the perfect taste refresher with this. Great recipe!
Posted by:Laurie Constantino | January 28, 2008 at 03:42 AM
Jerry, will you fix this in Montisi for us? It has all my favorite flavors (and colors)! Per favore?
Posted by:gail hecko | January 28, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Anna - love the way you put WHB together by colour!
Kalyjn - arugula is great on anything - we also like it on sandwiches instead of regular lettuce. When we were in Italy it often got tossed on pizza near the end - that is where I got this idea.
Thanks Laurie!
Gail - if Palmabella lets us into the kitchen I will whip up a pizza or three. LOL
Posted by:Jerry | January 28, 2008 at 09:48 AM