713. PIZZA with POTATOES and BACON

serves 2


Basic pizza dough

2 small potatoes
3-1/2 oz bacon
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup Italian mozzarella
1 medium white onion
1 cup canned tomatoes
3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. dry oregano (optional)
salt to taste
olive oil to grease

Slice the onion very thinly. In a large sauce pan over medium heat, sauté onions in 2 Tbsp. oil until tender. Add a little water if they get to dry. Meanwhile boil the potatoes in salted water. Once cooked peel them and cut them into cubes. Cut the bacon into strips and cook it until it is a bit crunchy and the fat melts away. Preheat the oven to 450°. Grease a baking sheet approximately 15 " X 11" with olive oil. I use a regular rectangular baking sheet, but if you want to use a round pan the equivalent should be about a 14" pizza pan. Then flatten half the dough using your fingers or a rolling pin. It'll be thin as an Italian pizza should be. Mix the canned tomatoes with a pinch of salt and 1 Tbsp. oil and spread them over the pizza crust. Bake for about 15 min. and then add the bacon, potatoes, cheeses and oregano. Bake for another 10 minutes or until done.


courtesy of: Patrizia Princivalle, Cooking with Patty