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Recipe courtesy of Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello

Episode: Cinema Paradiso

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Total:: 20 min
Prep:: 10 min
Cook:: 10 min

Yield:: 8 small pizzas

Level:: Intermediate

Nutrition Info

Healthy

Ingredients

2 ounces pizza dough
Flour, for rolling surface
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup basil pesto
2 cups ricotta cheese, preferably whole milk
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Prepare a medium-hot fire in your grill, or heat a cast-iron grill pan over medium heat.

Roll the pizza dough into 8 small pizzas, each about 1/8-inch thick and 3 inches round.

Lightly brush both sides of the pizzas with oil. Grill the pizzas over medium heat until the first side is nicely browned and firm to the touch, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn the pizzas over on the grill. Spoon about 2 teaspoons of pesto on each pizza, spreading it to the edges. On top of each pizza, spoon 4 teaspoons of ricotta cheese, in little balls. Cook the pizzas until the ricotta just begins to melt, 3 to 5 minutes from the moment you turned the pizzas. Sprinkle Parmesan over the top of each pizza. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Serve warm.

Cook's Note

Entertaining Notes: You don't need to make your own dough, not for a party of 8 people. Buy it from a local pizzeria. To work ahead, roll the dough into rounds about a half hour before your guests arrive and stack them, dusted with flour, at room temperature, between sheets of parchment paper.

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

My Private Notes

Name: Grilled Pizza with Ricotta and Pesto
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Yield: 8 small pizzas
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 2 ounces pizza dough; Flour, for rolling surface; Extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup basil pesto; 2 cups ricotta cheese, preferably whole milk; 4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan; Salt and freshly ground black pepper