Vodka Sauce Pizza with Charred Pepperoni and Burrata
It's a master class in culinary mashups. Zesty (and darn easy) vodka sauce meets pizza for a vodka sauce pizza that will earn a spot in your hand-made pizza hall of fame. Charred pepperoni, creamy burrata and the best chewy pizza dough lead a simple ingredient list for a slightly-spicy, incredibly savory pizza pie.
Servings 2 pizzas
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup homemade vodka sauce or 1 cup of fav jarred vodka sauce
- cornmeal
- Pepperoni let’s measure/count how much we use
- 4-5 slices fresh mozzarella torn into pieces
- 1 ball of burrata cheese
- Fresh parmesan cheese
- Sprinkle of crushed red pepper
- 1 store bought or homemade pizza crust
For spicy honey glaze
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- ½ teaspoon water start with ½ and add more as needed.
Instructions
For the pizza
- Preheat oven to 500” and place a pizza stone in the oven to heat for about 20 minutes.
- To a large pizza peel, generously sprinkle on cornmeal.cornmeal
- Make the dough into a round and using fingers and pushing in a circular motion, swirl the crust and push out until the circle reaches about 13” in diameter.1 store bought or homemade pizza crust
- Place dough on pizza peel. Spread vodka sauce on crust leaving about 1” edge. Top with pepperoni and scatter on fresh mozzarella and a big sprinkle of parmesan cheese and more crushed red pepper, if desired.1 cup homemade vodka sauce or 1 cup of fav jarred vodka sauce, Pepperoni, 4-5 slices fresh mozzarella, Fresh parmesan cheese, Sprinkle of crushed red pepper
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until the crust is cooked and top is charred to your liking. Broil if desired for a touch more char.
For the honey glaze
- Mix the honey and water together and add crushed red pepper. Add more water as needed to achieve a drizzly syrup.2 Tablespoons honey, ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper, ½ teaspoon water
To finish
- Remove from oven and tear open burrata on top. Drizzle with spicy honey if desired.1 ball of burrata cheese