Punch up your typical Pepperoni Pizza with a drizzle of hot honey and a smattering of hot & sweet peppers. So delicious and couldn't be simpler for your next homemade pizza night!
Hot Honey Pepperoni Pizza
Ingredients
· ~14oz fresh pizza dough
· 1/3 cup marinara sauce
· 4-6oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
· 1oz sliced pepperoni
· 1oz mini sliced pepperoni
· 3 tbsp hot & sweet peppers (like Peruvian pearls, Peppadews, etc)
· ¼ cup honey
· 1-2 tsp Calabrian chili paste
· Fresh basil, torn
Place a pizza stone in the oven at 500F for at least 1 hour before baking.
Line a work surface with a large sheet of parchment paper. Dust the paper with a bit of flour or cornmeal. Using a rolling pin, flatten the pizza dough into a large circle about ¼ inch thick.
Spoon the marinara evenly over the surface of the dough leaving a small border bare for the crust. Cover the sauce with the mozzarella. Shingle the pepperonis over the cheese. Scatter the peppers over the pizza (if using a larger pepper, such as Peppadews, slice or chop before adding to the pizza).
Launch the pizza into the oven on the parchment paper on the pizza stone using a pizza peel or large cookie sheet. After three minutes or so, pull the parchment out from under the pizza. Cook for another 8 to 12 minutes until the bottom of the crust is crispy and the cheese is melted and just starting to brown.
While the pizza cooks, combine the honey and chili paste in a small bowl.
Once the pizza is cooked, remove from the oven and drizzle over a bit of the hot honey mixture. If desired, scatter over the torn fresh basil. Slice and serve.
Serves 2
Notes
You can make your own pizza dough or visit your favorite pizza joint. They’ll sell you a ball of their fresh pizza dough!
GF Friendly
Gluten Free Friendly!
No Gluten, No Problem as well as Gluten Free on a Shoestring boast great recipes for gluten free New York style pizza doughs. In a pinch, Cup4Cup makes a pretty good Pizza Crust mix that will work well for this recipe too.
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