The Pepperoni Star
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Recipe type: pizza
 
Ingredients
  • 1 18-ounce dough ball
  • 6-8 pepperoni
  • ½ tablespoon minced garlic
  • ½ cup whole milk mozzarella
  • ¼ cup ricotta
  • 4 ounces tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan
  • Basil, chiffonade
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • Coarse sea salt and fresh-cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Stretch dough to 12- or 14-inch circle.
  2. Take a knife and make a 2-inch cut at the edge of the dough in 8 symmetrical places (where you would typically slice a finished pie).
  3. Spoon a dollop of ricotta halfway in between each cut line and 1 inch from edge.
  4. Sprinkle Parmesan, salt and pepper over each dollop.
  5. For each dollop, lift up the cut corner of the dough on both sides of the dollop and bring them together to form a triangle over the ricotta.
  6. Then fold the joined dough pieces down and over the dollop.
  7. Press to seal the stuffed triangle and press down the inside dough that overlaps.
  8. Repeat for remaining slice edges.
  9. Brush olive oil over triangles.
  10. Ladle and spread tomato sauce to where the triangle meets the inner pizza, followed by mozzarella evenly.
  11. Add small dollops of ricotta and distribute pepperoni around pizza.
  12. Bake until crispy and the crust is golden.
  13. Finish with dried oregano, basil and sea salt.
  14. Cut slices in between stuffed triangles and serve.
Recipe by Pizza Today at https://pizzatoday.com/recipes/pizzas/the-pepperoni-star