Pizza Pozza

 

Ingredients

1 lb pizza dough at room temperature

½ cup Quick Pizza Sauce, see recipe below

1 pint grape tomatoes, halved

½ cup sliced black olives

8 oz fresh mozzarella pearls {tinmy balls of cheese}

Salt and pepper to taste

Dried oregano

Grated Parmesan cheese

Olive oil

Quick Pizza Sauce

15 oz can of chopped Italian tomatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

½ teas[oon chili tomato paste

1 teaspoon honey

Wqlt and pepper to taste

Directions

For the sauce

Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan. Being to a boil. Reduce the heat, place a cover ajar on the pan, and simmer until thickened about 30 minutes,

I used half for this pizza and saved the remainder for another pizza. If you like your pizza sauce then use the entire recipe.

For the pizza

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Oil a large pizza pan and, with your hands, stretch the dough to cover the bottom of the pan.

Spread the sauce over the dough. 

Distribute the grape tomatoes, olives, and cheese evenly over the dough. Sprinkle the oregano and Parmesan cheese. Drizzle with olive oil.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until the crust is golden. Rest for 5 minutes before cutting into serving pieces.