White Pizza

1 tsp yeast

1 ½ c warm water

½ tsp sugar

3 c flour

¾ tsp salt

3 tbsp olive oil

1 c milk

2 tbsp unsalted butter

2 tbsp flour

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

½ tsp dried basil

4 cloves garlic, minced

4 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced

¼ c shredded parmesan cheese

1. Add yeast and sugar to bowl of warm water and let stand for 10 minutes.
2. In a mixer with a paddle attachment, combine flour and ¾ tsp salt on low speed.
3. Slowly drizzle olive oil into flour while mixing and allow to completely combine.
4. Add yeast/water mixture and mix until combined. Dough should still be sticky.
5. Coat/spray a bowl with oil.
6. Grab dough out of mixing bowl and form into a ball.
7. Put ball of dough into coated boll. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for at least an hour. Dough will double in size.
8. In a saucepan, melt butter.
9. Add flour to butter and stir, making sure that the flour does not begin to brown.
10. Add warm milk and stir.
11. Add ¼ tsp salt, cayenne pepper, basil, and minced garlic.
12. Continue stirring milk mixture as it continues to thicken for about 5 minutes
13. Remove from heat.
14. Preheat oven and pizza stone to 500 degrees.
15. Once dough has double in size, sprinkle flour on a clean surface and roll dough out with a rolling pin (or a bottle of wine if your rolling pin is broken :)).
16. Remove pizza stone from oven and carefully place rolled out dough onto stone and rolled edges over to form a crust
17. Spread cream sauce on dough, top with sliced mozzarella cheese and finish with parmesan cheese.
18. Bake in oven for about 12 minutes or until cheese begins to turn brown. Note: Halfway through baking, I like to brush an olive oil/salt and pepper mixture onto edges of crust.