Pizza Alla Pugliese

Total Time: 1 hr 18 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 (9 inch) pizza dough (neapolitan-style pizza dough)
• unbleached flour, for dusting
• 6 ounces smoked cheese, shredded
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 put baking stone on the middle shelf of oven; preheat oven on highest setting for at least 1 hour.
• 2 while oven is heating, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan over med-high heat.
• 3 add in onion; saute 4-5 minutes, or until translucent.
• 4 season with salt; remove from heat; let cool.
• 5 make 1 pizza at a time unless your peel can accommodate both pizzas.
• 6 flour work surface and hands; shape dough ball on counter; transfer it to flour-dusted pizza peel.
• 7 sprinkle half of the cheese evenly over the surface of dough; spread half of the sauteed onion on top; drizzle 1 tablespoons olive oil over the surface, spiraling it out from the center.
• 8 sprinkle the top with pepper to taste.
• 9 carefully slide the pizza from the peel onto the baking stone; bake 7-9 minutes.
• 10 when it is done, the crust should be puffy and slightly charred on the edge and thinner in the center; the underside of the crust should be brown and crisp, not and soft.
• 11 remove the finished pizza from the oven and serve it whole, or let if cool for about 2 minutes before slicing and serving.
• 12 repeat with the remaining ingredients to make the second pizza.