What’s Cooking: Hot honey pepperoni Sicilian pizza
Chef Vinny shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg shows you how to make hot honey pepperoni pizza.
Ingredients:
1 ea. Sicilian Pizza Dough (40 oz)
3 cups Pizza Sauce
2 ½ cups. Mozzarella Cheese
1 pint Pepperoni (Cup and Char)
½ cup Hot Honey
1-pint Stracciatella Cheese
Instructions:
1. Remove the dough and pizza pan from the refrigerator. Keep wrapped and allow to rise for 1 hour.
2. Form the crust by gently bringing the dough to the edge of the pan.
3. Using a fork, poke holes in the dough to prevent bubbles from forming.
4. Place 2 cups of sauce in the center of the dough and spread almost to the edge, leaving a bare border for the crust.
5. Place into a 500-deg. oven and par-cook the dough. Remove from the oven.
6. Ladle the remaining sauce into the center of the dough and spread almost to the edge, leaving a bare border for the crust.
7. Top with mozzarella cheese. Apply the cheese to the pizza, starting outside and working toward the center.
8. Place the pepperoni onto the pizza.
9. Place the pizza in a 500-deg. oven.
10. Cook for 5 minutes, then rotate the pizza without changing its position in the oven.
11. Cook for an additional 5 minutes.
13. Drizzle the hot honey onto the pizza.
14. Place dollops of stracciatella cheese onto the pizza.
15. Place the pizza on a tray and cut into 8 pieces.
