Potato Pizza
A delicious potato pizza with basil pesto and mozzarella cheese. Don't forget to check out my step by step photos and tips above!
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cups water (360mL, warm (100F - 110F))
- 4 cups all-purpose flour (480g, plus extra for kneading)
- 2 packages dry yeast (14g)
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar (12g)
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 tsp olive oil plus more for the bowl (5mL)
- 3 cups basil (75g)
- 1/4 cup pine nuts (35g)
- 1/2 cup olive oil (118mL)
- 1/3 cup parmesan (30g)
- 1/2 tsp salt (2.5g)
- 4 cloves garlic
- 24 whte baby potatoes
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella (165g)
- 1 tsp olive oil (5mL)
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
- 1
For the Dough:
- 2
In a warm mixing bowl, add warm water (about 100F), yeast and sugar. Wait about 7 minutes or until you see bubbles forming in the mixture.
- 3
Pour in salt, rosemary and olive oil. Mix until combined.
- 4
Attach a dough hook to a standing mixer. Add the flour.
- 5
Mix on low for about 1 minute. Increase to medium speed until the dough comes together in a ball
- 6
Use olive oil to coat the dough ball. Place it in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or a fabric bonnet and place in a draft-less place to rise for about an hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
- 7
Preheat the oven to 450F degrees. When the dough has doubled, punch it down with your fists. Flour a work surface and knead for about 5 minutes.
- 8
Cut the dough into 4 parts.
- 9
Work each dough ball into a stretched circle.
- 10
On piece of parchment paper, prepare each pizza crust by pressing the dough down to create a collar. You can also bake your pizzas on a baking tray or pizza stone.
- 11
For the Pesto:
- 12
Place basil, parmesan, salt, pine nuts and garlic into the blender.
- 13
Pour in olive oil as the blender begins to blend the original ingredients.
- 14
For the Topping:
- 15
Slice the baby potatoes thinly. Separate the colors and par boil for a couple minutes to tender.
- 16
Spread pesto on the dough and top with shredded mozzarella
- 17
Arrange your potatoes on your pizza. Lightly brush with olive oil once potatoes are arranged and sprinkle with sea salt.
- 18
Bake at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until crust is gold and potatoes are nice and tender.