Pepperoni Pizza with Mozzarella and Goat Cheese

I love Trader Joes. I love the fact that I can buy pizza dough ready to be rolled or puched out and place it in the oven. They key for a nice crust is a HOT oven. Oh…and invest in a pizza stone. You can find them anywhere these days. Set your oven to the maximum it will go in BAKE, don’t set it to BROIL. Give time for your pizza stone to heat up and absorb the heat. Meanwhile…

Take one package of Trader Joe’s pizza dough and remove it from the bag. I like to set mine out on the counter with some flour and give it some time to get to room temperature. Once at room temperature, roll it in some of the flour and section off a piece for a single size pizza.

I don’t like to roll mine out. I take it in my hands and slowly stretch and let gravity take a hold of it to stretch the dough. The dough is pretty resilient so don’t be afraid to pull. I get mine to an oval shape ouat 8 inches wide or so. Once you get the shape (it shouldn’t be perfect) make sure to lay it on some flour so it doesn’t stick. I then slide mine onto my pizza paddle. You will want to assemble your ingredients while its on your paddle. If you don’t have a paddle, any flat surface will do, just make sure you have enough flour on the bottom so it will slide off your surface.

My pizza was amazingly simple: pizza sauce, mozzerella, pepperoni and goat cheese. slide your pizza on the well heated stone.

Bake for about 15 minutes or until you see the edges have browned and the cheese is bubbly.

Yumm!!!