Parigina Pizza
Parigina Pizza is a classic Neapolitan style pizza filled with prosciutto cotto, provolone cheese and covered with puff pastry for a flaky, golden topping. A classic snack food found in bars and rosticcerie across Italy.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Easiest No Knead Pizza Dough Recipe
- 3/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (crushed)
- 1 tsp dry oregano
- fresh basil leaves
- salt (to taste)
- a pinch red pepper flakes (optional )
- 200 g prosciutto cotto (sliced ham)
- 200 g provolone cheese (slices)
- 198 g puff pastry sheet (defrosted according to package instructions)
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp . milk
Instructions
- 1
Follow my instructions to make the no knead pizza dough recipe until step #6, that is after the rising period of 6-24 hours.
- 2
Place all ingredients for the tomato sauce in a bowl and stir to combine.
- 3
Cover a 11" x 16" baking sheet with parchment paper and place the rack on the lowest level in the oven. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- 4
After you have shaped the dough into a ball and it has rested for 1 hour, on a well floured surface flatten the dough using your fingertips to spread it out in a rectangular shape roughly the same size as your baking sheet. Transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet.
- 5
Spread sauce evenly over the surface of the dough. Top with prosciutto cotto slices. Cover the prosciutto cotto evenly with sliced provolone.
- 6
Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface and place over the filling making sure to cover the entire surface of the pizza. Use a fork to prick holes evenly over the puff pastry. Brush with a mixture of an egg yolk and milk.
- 7
Bake on the lowest rack of the oven between 30-35 minutes. After about 15 minutes if the top begins to brown, cover loosely with foil for the remaining baking time. The pizza is ready when lightly golden and crisp underneath.
- 8
Remove from the oven and let cool a few minutes before slicing. Serve how, warm or even at room temperature.