Shaved Asparagus Pizza
1 recipe, simple pizza dough (i use this recipe and make it with half whole wheat flour)
1/2 bundle of asparagus, washed
1/2 bundle of asparagus, washed
salt and pepper
ev olive oil
parmesan
fresh mozzarella (i use half pre-shredded and half sliced, fresh mozzarella ball)
optional:
half a lemon
white truffle oil
first, prepare your dough or set it out for its last bit of rising. put your pizza stone in the oven at bake 500 degrees for at least 30 minutes.
secondly, prepare the asparagus: take a vegetable peeler and shave the asparagus stalk from end to end. you can hold onto the tough stem of the asparagus and use it as a handle, then start the "shaving" about an inch up from the base. you don't have to shave perfect long strips, its okay if they break into smaller strips. but go for "ribbons" of the asparagus. continue shaving the stalk until it is too thin to continue. i use about 1/2 a bundle of asparagus for one small-medium sized pizza. place your asparagus ribbons in a small bowl and toss with about 2 tsp of evoo, then season with salt and pepper. let rest in the bowl.
next, stretch your pizza dough. we make our pizzas on parchment paper and then drop onto the hot pizza stone right as we are ready to bake, that way the pizza doesn't get stuck on the hot stone. some people put cornmeal on the stone then stretch the dough on the hot stone, but that never seems to work for us.
lastly, assemble the pizza. drizzle quick bit of evoo on the stretched dough, use the back of your spoon to spread the evoo around. shave parmesan directly on the dough, until its lightly covered. spread your next layer of cheese: the mozzarella. after the cheese is all added, place your asparagus salad on top of the cheese.
bake for about 10-15 minutes at 500.
when you take the pizza out of the oven, you can sprinkle fresh lemon juice or very lightly drizzle white truffle oil (my favorite option). so good.
enjoy!
