🥘 Ingredients
- whole-milk ricotta 1 cup
- grated parmesan ¼ cup
- garlic 2 cloves
- black pepper ½ tsp
- fine sea salt ¼ tsp
- extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tbs
- pizza dough 2 balls
- semolina 2 Tbs
- fresh mozzarella 6 oz
- olive oil 2 tsp
- dried oregano ½ tsp
- flaky sea salt ¼ tsp
🍳 Cookware
- baking steel
- oven
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1Preheat a baking steel on the upper rack of the oven at 550°F (290°C) 45 min .
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2Mix whole-milk ricotta with grated parmesan , garlic , black pepper , fine sea salt and extra-virgin olive oil until it slackens to the thickness of soft butter.
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3Stretch pizza dough out to 12 in on semolina , leaving a half-inch rim untouched.
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4Spoon @&( timer onto @&( timer in dollops the size of a walnut, then tear fresh mozzarella into the spaces between them.
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5Bake @&( timer on the steel 7 min , until the ricotta has set and taken colour at its edges and the rim is spotted.
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6Finish @&( timer with olive oil , dried oregano rubbed between the palms, and flaky sea salt .
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7Ricotta in dollops and never spread: it sets into pockets and the mozzarella browns in the gaps between.