Saturday, December 23, 2017

Brussel Sprout Pizza

A yummy attempt to recreate the True Food's Kitchen version.

Ingredients:


Brussel sprouts (shredded)
Lemon juice
Pizza dough (from Whole Foods)
Parmesan
Aged Gouda
Bechamel sauce (butter, flour, milk, nutmeg)
Salt, pepper, olive oil

Directions:


Crust


  • Rest dough at room temperature in oiled bowl - ~30 min.
  • Stretch to pizza shape but don't overwork.
  • Par bake in 450 deg oven on silpat - 5 min.


Brussel Sprouts


  • Blanch brussel sprouts for 1 min, then cool in ice bath.
  • Add lemon juice, olive oil, salt pepper and set aside.


Bechamel 


  • Melt 2 tbsp butter, add 2 tbsp flour and whisk until darker-gold - ~2 min.
  • Slowly add milk (roughly ~1.5 cup or so), whisking to make sure there are no clumps. Let thicken.
  • Add aged gouda and whisk until melted; add a dash of nutmeg and salt/pepper.


Pizza


  • Assemble! Bechamel, then brussels, then parmesan. Salt on top.
  • Bake 10-12 min at 500 deg.