Easy Cheesy Rigatoni Pizza
Now I know this might be a little scary,
I KNOW THIS,
but trust when I say you should be putting pasta on your pizza.
No tricks here, this pie has it all.
Roasted garlic, creamy ricotta, salty mozz and al dente pasta with crispy bits - all on top of a lightly sauced, flame-kissed crust.
For lack of a better word, it’s a real treat. 🎃
here’s what you’ll need
pizza dough
pizza sauce
garlic
ricotta
fresh mozzarella
extra virgin olive oil
salt
fresh cracked pepper
flour
semolina flour
microgreens
here’s what you’ll need to do
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Cut the top off a head of garlic and place it on a sheet of tin foil.
Drizzle the garlic with olive oil and wrap it up nice and tight in the foil before popping it in the oven for about 15 minutes.
Remove your foil from the oven and open CAREFULLY after it’s had a minute to rest. It will be hot.
Once the garlic (and more importantly, the olive oil) is cooled, squeeze the cloves from the head and set aside.
Cook your rigatoni pasta according to package directions.
Drain and set aside.
Preheat your Stoke Outdoor Pizza Oven on high heat for 20 minutes.
Flour your pizza dough and poke, knead and stretch until it’s your desired size. We like to make rustic 10 inch pizzas in this recipe.
Generously coat your pizza peel with semolina flour and add dough to build your pizza on the peel.
Spread pizza sauce on dough, leaving about an inch around the edges for your crust.
Add roasted garlic cloves.
Evenly distribute cooked pasta.
Add some blobs of ricotta.
Tear and top with fresh mozzarella slices.
Hit the whole thing with a light drizzle of olive oil and season with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
Slide pizza into your oven using the pizza peel.
Rotate your pizza 90 degrees every 20 to 30 seconds using the pizza peel. If you’re struggling to turn the pizza with the flip of your wrist, don’t hesitate to use tongs to help you out. This oven is HOT and you definitely don’t want to use your hands.
Your pizza will be done when it has a nice leopard color on the crust.
Remove from oven using the pizza peel.
Cool slightly, cut and sprinkle with microgreens so it feels pretty.
Enjoy!