Pan Pizza Recipe

Description

First let's talk about what a "pan pizza" is, anyway.
This easy-to-make style is simply a pizza cooked in a baking pan
or cast iron skillet, resulting in a thicker, more bready crust.
They are especially popular to whip up at home because you don't
need any special pizza stones or ovens to get perfectly cheesy results.

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh pizza dough, thawed
• cooking spray
• 5 tablespoons Trader Joe’s Garlic Spread-Dip
• 1 tablespoon Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce, or as needed
• 2 ounces sliced Calabrese salami, divided
• 1 and half ounces pepperoni, divided
• 6 ounces low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
• 3 tablespoons Trader Joe’s Pesto Genovese
• quarter of a cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves

Steps

1. Gather all ingredients


2. Remove pizza dough from refrigerator 20 minutes before making pizza.
   Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).


3. Spray a metal 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking
   spray. Place pizza dough in baking pan and stretch
   to reach corners. If dough is hard to stretch
   and springs back, place a clean kitchen towel over
   baking pan and let dough relax for 10 minutes until pliable enough to stretch.


4. Spread Garlic Spread-Dip evenly over dough, edge
   to edge, with a spoon or small offset spatula.
   Dollop with Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce, and spread evenly
   over Garlic Spread-Dip.


5. Place 1/2 of the salami and 1/2 of the pepperoni
   over the sauces; sprinkle with 3/4 cup mozzarella.
   Top with remaining salami and pepperoni. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.


6. With a small spoon, dollop pesto, about 1/2 teaspoon at a time, over pizza.


7. Bake in the preheated oven until dough has puffed, is golden brown around edges
   and bottom, and cheese has melted, 15 to 20 minutes, rotating pan
   back to front halfway through.


8. Using a large spatula, remove from the oven and carefully transfer
   to a cutting board. Sprinkle with basil leaves, slice, and serve!