recipe 
yields
1 pizza
½ cup fresh mozzarella
¼ cup fresh corn kernels
¼ cup chopped applewood smoked bacon
8 leaves fresh basil
Sea salt
Extra virgin olive oil
Your favorite good-quality storebought dough (TLP likes the dough in the deli from Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Harris Teeter)
6-8 cloves garlic
Milk
Extra virgin olive oil
Ingredients
Roasted Garlic Puree
steps
For Roasted Garlic Puree
- Cover the garlic cloves with milk and bring to a boil. Once boiling, remove from heat and repeat the process again twice more.
- Rinse the garlic and immerse in extra virgin olive oil. Once the garlic is golden brown, let cool and puree the garlic and oil into a thick paste.
For Pizza
- Stretch pizza dough to desired width.
- Spread a thin layer of roasted garlic over the dough.
- Add rest of toppings.
- Garnish with sea salt and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Bake as recommended for the pizza crust you are using.
Date Published: 08.01.13
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- From Chef Michael Perez of Indaco in Charleston, South Carolina and Colletta in Atlanta, Georgia
