Name: Best Anchovy Pizza
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 1 h 7 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 ball Best Pizza Dough (or Food Processor Dough or Thin Crust Dough); 1/3 cup Best Homemade Pizza Sauce; 2 to 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese; 6 anchovy fillets from a jar or can; 8 Kalamata olives; 1 handful thinly sliced red onion; Parmesan or Pecorino cheese, for grating; Semolina flour or cornmeal, for dusting the pizza peel

Description

Anchovies on pizza? It’s a classic flavor combination that’s seriously good! Here’s how to make an Italian style anchovy pizza.

Ingredients

Scale

1 ball Best Pizza Dough (or Food Processor Dough or Thin Crust Dough)
1/3 cup Best Homemade Pizza Sauce
2 to 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese
6 anchovy fillets from a jar or can
8 Kalamata olives
1 handful thinly sliced red onion
Parmesan or Pecorino cheese, for grating
Semolina flour or cornmeal, for dusting the pizza peel

Instructions

Make the pizza dough: Follow the Best Pizza Dough recipe to prepare the dough. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F. OR preheat your pizza oven (here’s the pizza oven we use).
Make the pizza sauce: Make the 5 Minute Pizza Sauce.
Prepare the toppings: If using fresh mozzarella cheese, slice it into 1/4 inch thick pieces (see the photo). If it’s incredibly watery fresh mozzarella (all brands vary), you may want to let it sit on a paper towel to remove moisture for about 15 minutes then dab the mozzarella with the paper towel to remove any additional moisture.
Thinly slice the red onion.
Bake the pizza: When the oven is ready, dust a pizza peel with cornmeal or semolina flour. (If you don’t have a pizza peel, you can use a rimless baking sheet or the back of a rimmed baking sheet. But a pizza peel is well worth the investment!) Stretch the dough into a circle; see How to Stretch Pizza Dough for instructions. Then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
Spread the pizza sauce over the dough using the back of a spoon to create a thin layer. Add the mozzarella cheese, anchovy fillets, Kalamata olives and red onion. Top with a thin layer of grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese.
Use the pizza peel to carefully transfer the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake the pizza until the cheese and crust are nicely browned, about 5 to 7 minutes in the oven (or 1 minute in a pizza oven). Slice into pieces and serve immediately.

Category: Main Dish
Method: Baked
Cuisine: Italian

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