Brussels Sprout Pizza

Last month, I attended the Food Blog Forum which was held at Disney.  While there, we received the royal treatment: 2 nights at the Polynesian Resort, welcome reception at the Grand Floridian, gourmet meals, park tickets, and special viewing of the Illuminations show at Epcot.  I met tons of fabulous food bloggers, listened to sessions by food blogging rock stars, and met with representatives of the event sponsors. 

Two of our sponsors were Kitchenaid and OXO.  One of the things they did was provide some fun kitchen tools in our swag bag.  My favorite by far was the mandolin slicer from OXO.  It quickly became my favorite kitchen gadget.  Look how thin and even these brussels sprout slices are!

The strips of brussels sprouts worked perfectly for this pizza.  They were thin enough to brown as the pizza baked.  Prosciutto and parmesan cheese added some saltiness.  And luckily, Kitchenaid provided a pizza cutter in the FBF swag bag.  We had recently misplaced ours, and the new one is sharp as a razor!

Brussels Sprouts Pizza

original recipe

1 batch of pizza dough

3 Tbs olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

8 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into small chunks

3 oz thinly sliced prosciutto, cut into strips

8 medium brussels sprouts, outer leaves torn off, and very thinly sliced

2 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese

Freshly ground black pepper

Place a pizza stone on the bottom rack of an oven. Preheat oven to 450°F.

Roll out pizza dough into a thin circle. Let dough rest and re-stretch until it is the desired thinness. Lightly flour a pizza board and place dough on it. Drizzle olive oil onto the pizza dough and brush to evenly coat the surface. Sprinkle garlic over the dough.  Layer mozzarella cheese, proscuitto, and brussels sprouts over the garlic. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Transfer pizza to the pizza stone. Bake until the cheese begins to brown and the crust is crisp, about 10-12 minutes. Remove pizza from oven, and sprinkle with black pepper. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.