Fancy Pants Pizza

Fancy Pants Pizza

Trader Joe's makes it easy to feel like you are a gourmet chef.  In this photo, I prepared an almost vegetarian pizza.  Just hold the chopped prosciutto and voila! C'est vegetarian! Serve with a fresh green salad to make a complete meal.

Ingredients (all from Trader Joe's with 1 exception):

1 bag fresh pizza dough
a bit of flour (to stretch dough)
basil olive oil (not from TJ's)
8-10 stalks of asparagus
1 yellow squash
10-15 cloves of garlic (sliced thick)
1 bag shredded mozzarella
1/2 can of artichokes, sliced
2 roma tomatoes, sliced 1/4" thick
2-3 slices of prosciutto di parma, chopped
feta cheese, crumbled

Directions:

prepare dough as instructions indicate on package, using flour to prevent sticking to surfaces and yourself (HINT: do not knead the dough. Kneading makes it tough to stretch and work with).  Mine was a square because I failed at making it a circle.  Lightly grease pizza sheet and place dough on sheet.  Drizzle basil olive oil on surface of pizza dough.

Cut asparagus into 1.5-2" segments.  Halve yellow squash and slice into 1/4" semi-circles.  Sauté asparagus, squash and garlic on med-high heat for about 6-8 minutes, until slightly softened.

Add sautéed veggies to pizza.  Lightly sprinkle mozzarella cheese over sautéed veggies.  Add artichokes, tomatoes and optional prosciutto.  Finish it off by sprinkling the feta cheese over the top of all the ingredients.  Bake as instructed by dough packaging or until dough is cooked through and cheeses are melted. (450 for 10-12 minutes?)

Close up.