Most good food bloggers will recognize that a holiday is coming up and will plan an appropriately themed dish or dessert to post just before the actual holiday so that readers can actually make the recipe on said holiday. Unfortunately, I’m not that good. However, I do have a recipe that I tried on the 4th of July that I thought was quite successful: Patriotic Pizza!
Better late than never, right?
This is somewhat a blend between a dessert pizza and a “real pizza.” I described it to someone as a “sweet, savory pizza” if that makes any sense?
Anyhow, it’s quite easy to make- you can whip it up in a jiffy if you have some pre-made dough around!
So, I may be late to the party on this one, but here’s to hoping that you’ll bookmark it for next year!
Ingredients:
Pre-made pizza dough (preferably not the kind that comes in a tube, but if you have to, that will do)
~ 1 cup blackberries
~1.5 cups strawberries, hulled and halved (or quartered, depending on how big they are)
1/2 cup sugar, divided
2 TBS chia seeds (optional)
2 TBS fresh basil, chopped, divided
1 log of fresh mozzarella cheese (you won’t need it all)
How to:
In a pot, put the blackberries and 1/4 cup sugar. Turn the heat to medium and allow the berries to cook down. Adjust the heat as necessary.
In a second pot, put the strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar. Turn the heat to medium and allow the berries to cook down. Adjust as necessary.
While the berries are cooking, roll out your dough. You can make it a rectangle or a circle, your choice. Place it on your pizza stone and allow to rise.
When the berries have boiled down into a liquid and are starting to thicken back up, stir in the chia seeds (1 TBS in each pot) and remove from heat. Add 1 TBS of basil to each pot.
Now, decorate your pizza!
Use the blackberry “jam” to make the blue part of the flag and the strawberry part to cover the rest. Cut the mozzarella cheese into stripes and “stars” and add them to the pizza. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through and the cheese is melty.
Enjoy!
