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The Posh Neapolitan-Style Pizza
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The Posh Neapolitan-Style Pizza

Chill night, date night or celebration – this little bit of posh is the perfect thing! Wood fired style pizza with a charred crisp base and leopard spot crust, topped with a holy grail of flavor, color and crunch. Creamy Roquefort cheese, sweet wafer-thin pear and toasted walnuts make for quite the formidable combo. Bubbles anyone?
the Smart Oven® Pizzaiolo
the Smart Oven® Pizzaiolo Product Details

the Smart Oven® Pizzaiolo

9 hrs 30 mins total time

30 mins active time

Easy

Makes 4

Ingredients


Measurements:

For the Essential Neapolitan-Style Pizza Dough

  • bread flour icon
    1¼ lb bread flour

    plus extra for dusting

  • kosher salt icon
    2 tsp kosher salt
  • instant dried yeast icon
    1 tsp instant dried yeast
  • cold water icon
    1½ cups (12 fl oz) cold water
  • semolina icon
    Semolina

    to sprinkle

For the white sauce

  • unsalted butter icon
    2½ oz unsalted butter
  • all-purpose flour icon
    ½ cup (2½ oz) all-purpose flour
  • milk icon
    2½ cups (20 fl oz) milk
  • whole grain mustard icon
    1 tbsp whole grain mustard
  • grated parmesan cheese icon
    1 cup (2¾ oz) grated parmesan cheese
  • kosher salt icon
    1 tsp kosher salt

For the pizza

  • pear icon
    2 pears

    cored, thinly sliced

  • Roquefort cheese icon
    7 oz Roquefort cheese

    crumbled

  • shredded mozzarella cheese icon
    2 cups (7 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
  • toasted walnuts icon
    ⅓ cup (1¼ oz) toasted walnuts

    finely chopped

  • endive icon
    4½ oz endive

    thinly sliced

  • honey icon
    Honey

    to serve

Instructions

  • 1To make the pizza dough, place the flour, salt and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the dough hook, mix to combine. Add the water and knead on low speed for 5 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
  • 2Transfer the dough to a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to proof in a warm, draft-free place for 2 hours, or until doubled in size.
    Tip: If you have a Breville oven with a proof function; set to 86°F and proof for 1 hour.
  • 3Turn the dough onto a lightly floured countertop and divide into 4 even pieces, approximately 8½ oz each. Shape each piece into a smooth ball.
  • 4Sprinkle a proofing box or deep sided container with semolina. Place the dough balls in the box, leaving 4-inches between them. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or up to 5 days.
  • 5An hour before cooking, remove the dough from the refrigerator. Meanwhile, make the white sauce.
  • 6To make the white sauce, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk to form a paste. Continue whisking for 2 minutes to allow the flour to cook out. Gradually add the milk, whisking until smooth. Continue whisking until the mixture comes to a simmer. Stir in the mustard, parmesan and salt. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  • 7About 20 minutes before the dough has finished resting, preheat the oven. Select the Wood Fired setting. Turn the Darkness dial to the Darker setting and select 2 minutes on the Timer dial.
  • 8Once preheated, sprinkle semolina on the countertop. Place one of the dough balls on the countertop and sprinkle with semolina. Keep the remaining dough covered to prevent it from drying out. Gently press out the dough working from the center into a 10-inch round, leaving a ½-inch border. Lightly sprinkle the pizza peel with semolina. Carefully transfer the dough onto the pizza peel.
  • 9For each pizza, leaving a small border, top with a quarter each of the white sauce, pear, Roquefort and mozzarella.
  • 10Place the pizza in the oven, press the Timer dial and cook for 2 minutes, or until the crust is spotted brown and the cheese has melted.
  • 11Sprinkle with a quarter of the walnuts, top with a quarter of the endive, then drizzle with honey. Slice and serve.
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