PAT LENZ'S LEEK AND GOAT CHEESE PIZZAS

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Pat Lenz's Leek and Goat Cheese Pizzas image

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories     dinner, weekday, pizza and calzones, main course

Time 45m

Yield 4 individual 6-inch pieces

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups finely diced leeks (white part only - about six medium leeks)
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 large pinches saffron threads
Salt to taste
Cornmeal
1/2 recipe basic pizza dough
6 ounces Boucheron goat cheese, rind removed and cheese crumbled
6 halves imported sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and cut in julienne slivers, or 16 pitted Italian black olives, coarsely chopped

Steps:

  • Heat butter and oil in a skillet. Add leeks and onions and saute over low heat, covered, until the vegetables are very tender but not brown. Stir them from time to time as they cook.
  • Crumble saffron into skillet, add salt and mix. Cover and continue to cook 10 more minutes, stirring a few times.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Dust a large baking sheet with cornmeal.
  • Divide dough into four equal portions. Shape each into a circle about 6 inches in diameter with a rim of about 1/2 inch and place on baking sheet. Spread each circle of dough with the saffron-flavored leek mixture.
  • Sprinkle crumbled goat cheese evenly over each pizza, then arrange strips of sun-dried tomatoes like spokes of a wheel over the cheese. If using olives, sprinkle the pieces in a circular pattern on each pizza.
  • Bake on the bottom level of the oven until lightly browned and the cheese has melted, about 20 minutes. Serve at once.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 374, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fat 26 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 12 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 413 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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