Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Taco Pizza


Dough:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 envelope Rapid Rise Yeast
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup very warm water
2 tbsp olive
oil

Toppings:
Lightlife Gimme Lean Ground Beef Style
Taco seasoning
Daiya Cheddar Shreds
1 cup salsa
3 tbsp taco sauce
black olives
crunched tortilla chips


1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2: Prepare dough by mixing 2 cups flour, yeast, salt together in a bowl
 3: Add water and olive oil and stir until dough is sticky
4: Pour about 1/2 cup flour on counter and kneed dough until it is smooth and elastic
5: Place in a bowl and cover for about 10 minutes
6: While dough is rising, heat the ground beef style faux-meat and add 1 packet of taco seasoning (or 2 tbsp jarred seasoning or 2 tsp cumin + 1 tsp paprika) along with 3 tbsp water
7:Grease a pan and place dough on the center and stretch it out until it covers the entire pan
8: Bake the crust alone for 10 minutes
9: Remove from the oven and add a salsa "sauce"
10: Add seasoned taco "meat"
11: Drizzle taco sauce over the top
12: Spread around the crunched tortilla chips
13: Add olives and Daiya cheddar shreds
14: Bake for 10 minutes then remove from the oven
15: Brush olive oil on the edges of the crust and return to oven to broil for 2 minutes (watch it very carefully!)
16: Enjoy immediately!

This recipe creates eight large rectangular slices.

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