Spanish-style Pizza

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon fast rise yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 cup water (115â°f. to 120â°f.)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 tablespoon cornmeal
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce or 1/2 cup seasoned tomato sauce
• 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced
• 1/3 cup onion, thinly sliced (about 3 rings)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded manchego cheese or 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 4 ounces smoked chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup sliced spanish olives with pimento

Recipe

• 1 place oven rack in lower third of oven.
• 2 heat oven to 450f.
• 3 in medium bowl, stir together flour, yeast and garlic salt.
• 4 in measuring cup, combine water, olive oil and honey; stir to dissolve honey.
• 5 stir water mixture into flour mixture until ball forms.
• 6 on floured surface (use about 1/4 cup flour), knead dough 3 to 4 minutes or until resilient and no longer sticky, working in flour from counter as necessary to prevent sticking.
• 7 cover dough with inverted mixing bowl; let stand 10 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, lightly grease 14-inch pizza pan; dust with cornmeal.
• 9 on lightly floured surface, roll dough into 15-inch round (dough will shrink slightly when lifted).
• 10 place on pizza pan.
• 11 spread with sauce; top with bell pepper and onion.
• 12 bake 8 minutes.
• 13 sprinkle with cheese; top with chorizo and green olives.
• 14 bake an additional 4 to 6 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown around edges.
• 15 chorizo is a highly seasoned lamb sausage; for this recipe, use the smoked links.
• 16 chorizo can be found in the meat department of the grocery store.
• 17 if you can't find it, substitute any spicy or garlicky smoked sausage.