RECIPE FROM MY COOKBOOK AVOCADO OBSESSION!

Just when you thought pizza couldn’t get any better, in walks the avocado.
Along with smoky prosciutto, juicy tomatoes, and tangy red onion, avocado
transforms pizza into a delicacy. Plus, making your own pizza is fun, fast, and, with
boundless topping options, pleasing to every palate.

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Prosciutto and Double-Cheese Pizza with Creamy Avocado Sauce

Servings: 4 to 6

Author: lauren paige richeson

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 30 Min

Just when you thought pizza couldn’t get any better, in walks the avocado. Along with smoky prosciutto, juicy tomatoes, and tangy red onion, avocado transforms pizza into a delicacy. Plus, making your own pizza is fun, fast, and, with boundless topping options, pleasing to every palate.

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray
1 (14-ounce) can refrigerated pizza dough
2 medium avocados, pitted, peeled, and sliced, divided
1/4 cup lemon juice (from 1 to 2 lemons)
1/3 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup crème fraîche
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 (6- to 8-ounce) log goat cheese, sliced, divided
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 cup arugula
1 small tomato, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
8 ounces prosciutto, sliced

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Lightly coat a 12-inch pizza pan or rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Unroll the pizza dough, transfer it to the prepared pan, and press the dough to 1/8-inch thickness for thin crust, or 1/4-inch thickness for thick-crust pizza.
In a blender, combine 1 avocado, the lemon juice, oil, garlic, basil, crème fraîche, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Puree until smooth. Use a spoon to spread the avocado sauce over the pizza dough.
Sprinkle half of the goat cheese and half the mozzarella over the avocado sauce. Add the arugula, tomato, and red onion.
Then top with the prosciutto and the remaining sliced avocado.
Finish by topping with the rest of the goat cheese and mozzarella.
Bake for about 12 to 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.