Big Kahuna Pizza

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Serves 6 people

Categories: Main Dish, Pizza, Shrimp

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 6 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 6 slices prosciutto di Parma (thin slices)
  • 1/4 cup angel flake coconut
  • 22 ounces prepared pizza dough, at room temperature
  • unbleached bread flour, for dusting
  • 3/4 cup pizza sauce (homemade or store-bought)
  • 2 cups coarsely shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 7 slices canned unsweetened pineapple, well drained
  • 7 maraschino cherries, well drained and stems removed

Directions

  1. Position an oven rack on the second-lowest level in the oven and place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500°.

  2. Prepare toppings: in a small nonstick skillet, warm the olive oil over medium heat and swirl to coat the pan.

  3. Add half of the garlic; stir/saute about 30 seconds, until just beginning to color.

  4. Add in the shrimp; stir/saute about 3 minutes, just until the shrimp turn pink; set aside to cool.

  5. Separate the slices of prosciutto and arrange on a work surface; place a cooled shrimp at one end of each slice.

  6. Sprinkle a teaspoon of coconut over each shrimp; tightly roll each slice in a cylinder, with the shrimp in the center; set aside.

  7. Have all the other ingredients measured, shredded, and ready for assembly.

  8. Coat a 14-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.

  9. Place dough on a lightly floured surface; lightly dust the dough with flour.

  10. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 10-inch round without rolling over the edges. Lift the dough and check to make sure the dough isn’t sticking to the work surface; shake excess flour from the dough.
  11. Lay dough on the prepared pan; gently stretch into a 14-inch round.

  12. Spread pizza sauce over dough, leaving a 1-inch border.

  13. Sprinkle the remaining garlic over the sauce; scatter the mozzarella evenly over the sauce.

  14. Place a slice of pineapple in the center of the pizza; alternate slices of pineapple with the shrimp-wrapped prosciutto and place them around the edge of the pizza, retaining the 1-inch border.

  15. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice.

  16. Place pizza in the oven on the upper rack; bake 8-10 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.

  17. Using a pizza peel, lift the pizza off the pan and place crust directly on the baking stone.

  18. Bake 3-4 minutes, until the bottom of crust is golden brown (remove pizza pan from oven).

  19. Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board; sprinkle the remaining coconut over the pizza.

  20. Slice into wedges and serve.

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