Harry O’s Sweetheart Pizzas

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe. Harry O, radio DJ in Mason City, IA offers up his latest ZReboot recipe. Simple, yet delicious.

This recipe requires the use of a pizza oven ($40- $50 at any retail store). You will also need a special pie pan in the shape of a heart (see photo above). If you don’t have anything like that, you can use a round pan instead. Make sure your pan is an inch or two deep…something resembling a  pie tin (which is what I practiced on). BUT USE A NON-STICK. and for extra slickness I spray it with olive oil spray.

Don’t have a pizza oven? You can still make sweetheart pizzas in a conventional oven, but you’ll need to get it piping hot. For this recipe to turn out well, its important to make sure you’re baking your pizzas between 425 and 450 degrees.

Not used to cooking with that kind of heat?  Use this recipe for pizza, Zola style instead.

Servings: Serves 4-6, depending on the size of your pizza pan.

Ingredients:

• Plan Z approved Don’s pizza sauce
• Mozzarella cheese
• Your favorite Z3 (ZReboot) approved toppings such as: Italian sausage, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, bacon, ham, garlic, green peppers, olives, etc.

Instructions:

Chop up your meats and saute them on medium heat until they are completely cooked. Take them out of the pan and set them aside. Chop up your veggies and saute them in the same pan, until your veggies are softened, fragrant and have just started to brown along the edges.

Spray your NON-STICK pizza/pie pan with olive oil spray. Then, fill it with at least an inch of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Spread the pizza sauce over the cheese. That’s right, you’re putting the cheese on the bottom and the pizza sauce on top of it!

Then, add your toppings. As many or as few as you’d like.

Pop your sweetheart pizza into your pizza oven. Cook for 15 to 18 minutes between 425 and 450 degrees.

Take the pizzas out of the oven and let them stand for at least 20 minutes so the cheese will set. Do not touch them. If you cut into them before the cheese firms up, you’ll just be stuck with a gooey mess. Once the pizzas have cooled and the cheese has set, run a spatula around the edges of the pan to loosen things up. Gently coax the pizza out of the sauté pan and onto a cutting board. The spatula can be eased underneath so you can tilt the pan and it should slide out easily. My last 5 tries slid right out of the pan; if you use pristine care you will get yourself a great looking pizza every time. It resembles a baked cheese look if you ever have ever eaten that delicacy…YUM!

Harry O

KLSS-FM