Prosciutto Arugula Pizza

Prosciutto Arugula Pizza will quickly be a go-to favorite for pizza night. The combination of aromatic arugula and salted prosciutto pair perfectly with the thick sliced mozzarella and shaved Parmesan.

This weekend we decided to make our favorite pizza instead of getting delivery. I love creating pizza’s that include fresh ingredients. This time I decided on using Prosciutto with Arugula.

I tend to stay with the basics and add in whatever I am in the mood for. The basics include a one minute pizza sauce (recipe below), sliced mozzarella and cherry tomatoes. I don’t have a favorite pizza dough, so I buy the 12 oz store bought dough bags, which creates two pizzas. 

This time around, I decided to try out our pizza stone instead of a baking sheet. We have only used it for our Kettle Pizza. After all, it works great on the charcoal grill.

What my BIG mistake was, was thinking a stainless steel peel would easily slide the pizza onto the preheated stone. No matter how much flour I used, the dough would not move. It was a disaster. Eventually we got it off, but the poor pizza no longer had a shape. The stainless peel went into the garbage.

The second pizza came out perfectly on the baking sheet. That will always be my recommendation.

My husband and I were blown away with this pizza. He is still raving about it. I can’t say enough how amazing it turned out. The simple homemade sauce removes a lot of the sugar you normally find in store bought pizza sauce. It makes a lot of sauce after you blend it, so we used it for spaghetti sauce the next day.

Prosciutto Arugula Pizza

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Prosciutto Arugula Pizza will quickly be a go-to favorite for pizza night. The combination of aromatic arugula and salted prosciutto pair perfectly with the thick sliced mozzarella and shaved Parmesan.

• CourseMain Dish
• CuisineItalian, Main Dish

Servings	Prep Time
4 servings	20 minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
10 minutes	30 minutes

Servings Prep Time 4 servings 20 minutes

Cook Time Passive Time 10 minutes 30 minutes

Prosciutto Arugula Pizza Print Recipe Prosciutto Arugula Pizza will quickly be a go-to favorite for pizza night. The combination of aromatic arugula and salted prosciutto pair perfectly with the thick sliced mozzarella and shaved Parmesan. CourseMain Dish CuisineItalian, Main Dish Servings Prep Time 4 servings 20 minutes Cook Time Passive Time 10 minutes 30 minutes Servings Prep Time 4 servings 20 minutes Cook Time Passive Time 10 minutes 30 minutes

Ingredients

Pizza Sauce

• 1 28 oz can whole peeled tomatoes, drained
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Prosciutto Arugula Pizza

• 12 oz store-bought pizza dough
• 1 cup Homemade Pizza Sauce (see above)
• 1 large mozzarella ball, sliced into 1/4" circles
• 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 2 cups arugula
• 2-4 slices prosciutto, cut into thin strips
• shaved Parmesan

Servings: servings

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Place pizza sauce ingredients into a blender and puree until the tomatoes have pureed down to a chunky texture (few seconds). Set aside.
2. Follow directions for store-bought dough to rise then divide the dough in half. On a floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to work the dough into 12" circles. Do the same for the other half of the dough to get two crusts.
3. Place one dough crust onto a baking sheet. Spread a light layer of pizza sauce. Place half of the mozzarella slices on top. Add half of the cherry tomatoes.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
5. Transfer pizza to a cutting board and top with half the arugula, half the prosciutto and shaved Parmesan.
6. Repeat the same process with the other pizza, using the same baking sheet and remaining ingredients.