Black Olive Feta Pizza Recipes

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lowest position, and heat oven to 450 degrees. Mix mayonnaise, garlic and 1/2 cup feta in a small bowl. Place pizza crust on a cookie sheet; spread mayonnaise mixture over pizza, then top with tomatoes, olives and oregano. Bake until heated through and crisp, about 10 minutes.
• Toss spinach and onion with the 1 Tb. sun-dried tomato oil. Top hot pizza with spinach mixture and remaining 1/2 cup feta cheese. Return to oven and bake until cheese melts, about 2 minutes longer. Cut into 6 slices and serve.

Steps:

• In a large serving bowl, combine iceberg lettuce, red onion, feta and olives.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper, to taste. Whisk until well combined. Toss the salad gently with dressing and serve immediately.

Steps:

• With the bottom rack in the lowest position, preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place dough in a greased 12 in pizza pan, then press and stretch dough out to a 10 in circle; prick w/a a fork and brush with olive oil. Bake on bottom rack 10 minutes.
• Puree red peppers, tomato sauce, garlic, and black pepper ina food processor until smooth; spread over pre-baked pizza crust. Top pizza w/ feta, onions and olives; sprinkle w/oregano. Bake on bottom rack until crust is crisp and cheese begins to melt, 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine warm water, yeast, and honey; let sit 5 minutes to dissolve and activate yeast.
• Stir together yeast mixture, water, olive oil, salt, and 1 cup flour; gradually add remaining flour, stirring, until dough comes together; knead (I use a KitchenAid stand mixer) for 10 minutes until soft, smooth, and elastic.
• Turn dough into a large oiled bowl; cover and allow to rise at room temperature for about 1 hour until doubled.
• Preheat oven to 450°; (to make an extra-large thick-crust pizza) spray a 12x17" baking sheet with no-stick cooking spray then sprinkle the sheet lightly with cornmeal; set aside.
• Punch down dough; turn out on a lightly floured surface and press dough out thinly into a fairly large rectangular shape; lift and transfer dough onto prepared baking sheet; press dough outward until it covers the baking sheet; form a ridge around the outer edge.
• Parbake pizza crust for 3-4 minutes (This is a good time to make your pizza sauce - Just stir the sauce ingredients together and it's done!).
• Remove parbaked pizza crust from oven and pat down any overly-puffed-up spots using with the palm of your hand or a clean kitchen towel; spread sauce evenly over surface of pizza crust; top pizza with layers of low-moisture part-skim Mozzarella cheese and your choice of pepperoni, canadian bacon, cooked sausage, sliced black olives, mushrooms, chopped green peppers, etc; lastly sprinkle a small amount of Cheddar cheese (for a bit of extra color) over the very top.
• Return pizza to oven and bake and additional 15 minutes until crust is golden-brown and cheese is melted, bubbly, and just beginning to brown.
• VARIATION: To make two 13" thin and crispy pizzas, decrease rising time of dough by about half and (here's the secret to a really good thin and crispy crust) place pizza stone into oven; preheat oven AND pizza stone to 450°.
• Punch down dough; divide into 2 equal portions; turn portions, one at a time, out on a lightly floured surface and press dough as thinly as possible into about about a 10" circular shape.
• Remove the hot pizza stone from the oven (place it onto the stove-top or onto a double-folded bath-towel set on the kitchen counter) and sprinkle it with cornmeal; carefully move dough (circle) onto the preheated pizza stone; continue pressing dough circle outward to cover pizza stone and form an outer ridge; and don't worry if you hear a faint sizzling sound or see bubbles forming in the uncooked dough during this step, that's what seems to always happens here!
• Parbake pizza crust for 3-4 minutes; remove from oven, pat down, and top as instructed above; return pizza to oven for 12-13 minutes until done. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F ~ I do not use a pan! I cook the pizza directly on oven rack!
• Brush balsamic vinaigrette evenly over pizza crust.
• Sprinkle lightly (to taste) with garlic salt.
• Spread well drained tuna evenly over pizza crust.
• Sprinkle lightly with red pepper flakes.
• Add black olives evenly over pizza crust.
• Top with crumbled feta cheese, then pizza cheese.
• Top cheeses with french-fried scallions (french-fried onions).
• Bake directly on oven rack for 8-10 minutes, checking to make sure onions don't burn!
• Remove from oven and place pizza on a wire rack to cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing.