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Cluck & Squeal Italian Meat Lovers Pizza

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Cluck & Squeal Italian Meat Lovers Pizza

Recipe by Marc Cardinali

This simple fast flavourful pizza satisfies the palate with an array of harmonious flavours. The base starts with Tasty Hot butter that provides a richness of addictive and mildly smokey heat that pairs well with the natural sweetness of our (no cook) tomato sauce and the fire roasted sweet roasted peppers. 

Cluck & Squeal Italian Meat Lovers Pizza

Cluck & Squeal recipe

Cluck & Squeal Italian Meat Lovers Pizza

Prep 20 min
Cook 2 min
Serves 1 pizza (13–14 inch)
Cook temp 650–700°F / 345–370°C
Method Wood-fired oven

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Directions

Prep the Dough & Peppers

Take the pizza dough out of the fridge 1 hour before you start and keep it covered; room-temperature dough is ideal. Season the roasted red peppers with a little Cluck & Squeal All Purpose and extra virgin olive oil.

Shape & Oil the Crust

Coat the dough ball in flour and stretch it by hand (or start with a rolling pin and finish by hand). Don't overwork it; shaping by hand keeps the crust airy. Build the pizza on a lightly floured metal or wood peel, and brush the outer crust with olive oil.

Butter & Sauce

Spread the Tasty Hot Butter over the base, then the No-Cook Tomato Sauce on top. Put most of the sauce toward the outer area and keep it thinner in the centre; as the pizza bakes, the crust rises and shifts the sauce and toppings toward the middle.

Top It

Scatter the seasoned peppers evenly, then the cheese, using a little less in the centre. Add the cacciatore sausage, heavier around the edges, then tear the pancetta over top.

Bake

Bake on the stone floor of a wood-fired oven at 650–700°F / 345–370°C (check with a laser thermometer; the dome may read 850–900°F) for about 2 minutes, until the meats crisp up and their fats render into the pizza.

Finish with Prosciutto

Rest the pizza on a cooling rack for 1 minute, then cut it and drape a slice of prosciutto over each piece. Finish with a light drizzle of extra virgin olive oil if you like. Smash a slice!

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Tips & variations

No wood oven? Bake on a preheated pizza stone or steel at your oven's hottest setting (500–550°F / 260–290°C) for about 8–12 minutes.

Why the prosciutto goes on last. Adding it after baking keeps the salt level in check and keeps its delicate texture.

Peel tip. Not comfortable with a metal peel? Build the pizza right on a lightly floured wood peel and keep it dry, so the pizza slides off easily.

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Simple, fast and made for meat lovers.

This pizza starts with a base of Tasty Hot Butter for an addictive, mildly smoky heat that pairs with the natural sweetness of our No-Cook Pizza Sauce and fire-roasted sweet peppers. The saltiness of Italian cured meats and the creaminess of the cheese make it the perfect bite.

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