Three Cheese Pizza with a Lemon Twist

Hi lovely readers! 

I am sharing with you my favorite way to dress up a three cheese pizza. We all know that sometimes the best dinner is a lovely crisp melty three cheese pizza, it's gourmet mac and cheese you can eat with your hands. Who doesn't love cheese and carbs... ??! For my three cheese pizzas I will mix all sorts of cheese, usually a base of mozzarella, parmesan and whatever ELSE I have on hand. This one was a aged in ash (so anything that looks moldy? that's the lovelyness of the cheese.)

I like to dress up my white pizzas for a fun twist and something new. One of my favorite combos is sage and lemon, I mean seriously one of my favorite splurge meals includes butter, lemon and sage. Excuse my mysteriousness - I can't tell you everything in one post! 

This works with frozen pizzas as well and if you like a good three cheese try the flatbread brand. The cheese and herb variety is a great one to use in this case. We should also re-iterate that I find making pizza dough on a weeknight silly. I will certainly make a batch on a weekend and keep it frozen, but honestly when I live next door to a bakery, I just walk over and grab some ready to go dough. Most grocery stores have a lovely variety from the local bakeries, or at least here in Providence (maybe because of the amazing Italian food here) we have several options available. 

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WHITE PIZZA WITH SAGE AND LEMON

makes one ten inch round pizza

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INGREDIENTS

Pizza Dough

2 garlic cloves minced

1/4 c. Shredded Mozzarella

1-2 oz soft cheese such as aged goat cheese

1/4 c. Shaved Parmasean

1 lemon sliced very thinly

6 sage leaves

1 tbs butter

1/4 teasp. honey

1 small shallot sliced - separate rings

salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Start by preheating your oven or convection oven (suggested) to 425F. Prep your counter area with a little flour and get your roller ready.

Roll out your dough until it is thin and around 10 inches in diameter. Brush on a little evoo and sprinkle your minced garlic. Then layer your cheeses, half the mozza, half the parm then your "other" and then do it again. This way they are mixed in with each other.

Take your thin lemon slices and layer all over the top of the pizza, about 1.5 per slice of pizza.

Next in a pan melt 1 tbs of butter and throw your sage in there once melted. Let the sage fry in the butter until the butter turns golden, add 1/4 tsp honey and let coat the sage. Remove the sage, pat slightly to remove excess and chop up. Spread around top of pizza.

Add your shallot and sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper.

Place in the heated 425F oven for 18-20 minutes, less time if you are starting with a frozen three cheese pizza.