Description
This Lemon Pizza is a delightful twist on traditional pizza, featuring a tangy lemon brine and fresh mozzarella. The bright flavors of lemon zest and juice combined with parsley and garlic create a refreshing and zesty topping for this unique pie.
Ingredients
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Pizza dough
- 1 ball Easy pizza dough (or store-bought dough)
Lemon Brine
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 small garlic clove, grated
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Mozzarella
- 5 oz (150 grams) fresh mozzarella (or from 1/2 to 1/3 cup shredded firm mozzarella)
To finish
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Pizza dough: Follow the easy no-knead pizza recipe through step 5, including shaping the pizza and preheating the oven.
- Lemon pizza: Prepare the cheese, shape the dough, make the brine, add the topping, bake the pizza, and serve.
Notes
- WHAT TO USE INSTEAD OF A PIZZA STONE? Each oven usually has a rimmed baking sheet that you can invert and place on the lowest shelf of your oven before you preheat it. When the baking sheet is right-side up, taking the pizza in and out of the oven will be easier, and the preheated baking sheet will make a nice and crisp pizza crust. To bake your pizza, place pizza and parchment paper on a pizza peel on the back of a baking sheet. When it’s time to bake, slide the pizza onto the hot, reverted baking sheet and bake until golden and crispy.
- LEMON PIZZA LEFTOVERS: Cover leftover pizza tightly and store in the refrigerator up to 1 day or freeze up to 3 months. Thaw and reheat in the oven the frozen pizza leftovers until nice and crispy.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 275
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 540mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
