Hawaiian Pizza with Roasted Almonds

Printed from healthyfamilycookin.blogspot.com

*Makes 2 Large Pizzas

INGREDIENTS:

 1 1/2 Cup water

1 tsp. salt 

1 Tbsp. powdered milk

1 Tbsp. honey or brown sugar

1-1/2 Cup freshly-ground wheat flour

1 Tbsp. SAF instant yeast 

2-3 Cup All-purpose white flour

2 8-oz. cans tomato sauce

2 tsp. pizza or Italian seasoning

1 Tbsp. olive oil + more

1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar

5-6 Cups Cheese of your choice (I like to blend different combinations of Mozzarella, cheddar, Parmesan, jack, Colby jack, etc)

1 can sliced pineapple rings, cut into bite sized pieces

5-8 oz. chopped ham or Canadian bacon

1/2 Cup slivered almonds, roasted (see my previous blog post on how to roast almonds)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven 500 degrees. For the dough, heat the water in the microwave for 2 minutes. Place the hot water, salt, milk, and sugar in Bosch mixer. Add 1-1/2 C. wheat flour and then add the yeast on top. Set mixer at 2nd speed and mix adding more wheat flour until barely begins to pull from sides. Mix to let gluten work in for about 6 min. Drizzle counter with olive oil. Roll out half of the dough in a circle and place on parchment paper. Repeat for the other half of the dough. Let the dough raise for 15-20 min. 

For the sauce, simmer together until just heated: 2 8-oz. cans tomato sauce, 2 tsp. pizza or Italian seasoning, 1 Tbsp. olive oil, and 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar. This makes enough sauce for 2 large pizzas. I've made this sauce without the olive oil and balsamic vinegar and it's still good, but they do add a lot of flavor!

Spread the sauce onto the pizza crust. Then add the cheese, the pineapple, chopped ham or Canadian bacon and slivered almonds (or other toppings of your choice). 

Bake on preheated 500 F pizza stone, for 7-9 min or until crispy and cheese is bubbly. Eat up and enjoy! This recipe makes 2 large pizzas.

Recipe Source: healthyfamilycookin.blogspot.com