Pizza With Jalapeno Popper Crust

Serves: 4

Weldon Lockman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

47

Spice

51

Sweetness

51

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Put a pizza stone or inverted baking sheet on the middle oven rack and preheat to 425 degrees F for 1 hour

2

Meanwhile, bring the pizza dough to room temperature

3

Sprinkle a 15-inch round pizza pan with cornmeal

4

Mix the cream cheese, 1/2 cup pepper jack and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl until combined

5

Stretch the dough almost to the edge of the pizza pan, pressing with your fingertips (lightly oil your hands if the dough is too sticky)

6

Spoon the cream cheese mixture in a thin border around the edge of the dough, about 1/2 inch from the edge

7

Fold the edge of the dough over the cream cheese mixture and pinch to seal

8

Put the pan on the hot stone and bake until the crust is lightly golden, 5 to 8 minutes

9

Remove from the oven, spread the sauce in the middle and top with the mozzarella and the remaining 1/2 cup pepper jack

10

Brush the crust with olive oil and top with the jalapeno slices

11

Bake until the crust is browned and crisp and the cheese is bubbling, 8 to 12 more minutes

12

Photograph by Levi Brown