Ingredients
Basic Pizza Dough:
- 1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 cup warm water (108 to 112 degrees F), plus 1 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 5 cups bread flour (recommended: King Arthur)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Extra-virgin olive oil
Sauce:
- 1 (14-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon butter
Topping:
- Polenta or cornmeal, for dusting the pizza peel
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeno
- 1/2 pound andouille sausage cooked with 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
- 1/2 cup cooked crawfish
Directions
Dough:
In a food processor or mixer with a dough hook, combine the yeast, sugar and 3/4 cup water. Allow the yeast to proof for about 5 minutes, (bubbles will form around the outer edges).
Add the oil, flour, and salt. Begin processing or mixing the ingredients, slowly pouring in the remaining 1 cup of water. Mix until the dough balls together and is shiny and elastic, about 5 minutes. Add a little olive oil to a large bowl and spread evenly around the bowl to prevent the dough from sticking. Add the dough, cover with plastic wrap and put in a warm spot (I use the microwave oven) for about 2 hours. Punch the dough down and let it rise again, about another 2 hours. I prefer to make my dough early in the day for evening dinner or a day ahead.
Sauce:
Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer over medium-low heat until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 30 minutes.
I use 2 ovens when I cook my pizzas, 1 oven is preheated to 450 degrees F with a "Hearth-kit" in it, and the other oven is preheated at 500 degrees F with a pizza stone. Heat the stones for at least 1 hour before baking pizzas.
Assembly:
Divide the dough into 4 equal portions. Roll out dough until very thin and cannot be rolled further. Sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon of polenta onto a pizza peel. Put the dough on the peel and spread 1/2 tablespoon of oil all around the edges. Add 1/4 cup of pizza sauce to the middle of the dough and spread it to the outer edges, leaving about a 1-inch margin. Sprinkle the sauce with the mozzarella and Monterey Jack cheeses. Top with crumbled sausage and drizzle the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil over the pizza. Bake for 10 minutes in the 450 degree F oven. (If using only 1 oven, raise the heat to 500 degrees F.) Remove the pizza from the oven and top with the cooked crawfish. Put the pizza in the 500 degree F oven and cook until the top is golden brown and bubbling, about 2 minutes.
Transfer the pizzas to a cutting board and slice. Arrange on a serving platter and serve.
"Mangia, mangia".
Cook's Note: The dough recipe will make 2 pizzas, the topping recipe will make 1 pizza, each pizza will feed 2 people.
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By live-to-cook
Newburgh, NY
on September 10, 2011
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I have made this pizza quite a few times and it is always a hit! My son has requested it as part of his birthday dinner. The sauce has a nice little kick and the butter adds a silkiness. Since I could only find frozen crawfish, I let them sit between 2 paper towels after they were thawed just to make sure that all of the moisture is out of them. A unique and delicious pizza!!!!!!!!
By pillowtn_12814296
Germantown, 82
on April 18, 2010
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I'm a New Orleans girl...born and raised! And this pizza is the real deal! It is delicious...especially finished off with some fresh parsley and lemon zest. I've taken several cooking classes taught by Gail, and her food is as good in person as it looks on TV! Gail's food is excellent, but her love of life and exuberant personality is just as infectious and enjoyable as her food!
By fulton_fish_127...
Vero Beach, 48
on March 31, 2010
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Rebecca and G...the contestants HAVE to use their exact ingredients in their preparations of their dishes. Andouille sausage WAS used on this awesome pizza.
Otherwise the contest would have been bogus. And anyone wanting to try this recipe would have been duped as well. Every manufacturer of Andouille has a different idea of how it is suppose to be made or ground up.
Ladies just enjoy the recipe instead of trying to pull it apart.
Keep rockin' 'em Gail!!!
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