9 Head Garlic Blast Cheese Pizza With Shrimp
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 15 mins
Ingredients
- 9 heads garlic, leave whole
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup fontina cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (can use more or less)
- 3 ounces prepared basil pesto
- 2 large prepared boboli pizza crusts, 12 or 14 inch (my boboli pizza crust boboli pizza crust works great)
- 1/4-1/2 cup sun-dried tomato, drained and diced
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, drained and diced
- 3/4 cup sliced zucchini
- 1 cup small shrimp, peeled (can use small canned shrimp, drained very well)
- 2 -3 cups grated mozzarella cheese
Recipe
- 1 set oven to 375 degrees.
- 2 leaving the heads whole, peel off as much of the papery skin as possible.
- 3 place the whole garlic heads in an oven-proof dish, large enough to hold them in a single layer.
- 4 pour the 1/2 cup water in the dish, sprinkle with salt, and drizzle with olive oil.
- 5 cover tightly with foil; bake in in a preheated oven (375 degrees) for 45-60 minutes, or until the garlic is easily pierced with a knife tip.
- 6 remove from the oven; let sit until cool enough to handle.
- 7 squeeze out the garlic cloves from there skin into a small bowl; mash into a paste (you have just made roasted garlic!).
- 8 raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
- 9 in a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, egg, fontina, parmesan cheese and pesto until smooth.
- 10 place the boboli crusts on 2 large baking sheets.
- 11 spread a thin layer of the garlic paste (to taste), over the prepared crusts.
- 12 spread an even amount of the ricotta mixture over the garlic paste (to within 1-inch of edges).
- 13 sprinkle both pizzas evenly with the sun-dried tomatoes, canned diced tomatoes, zucchini, shrimp and mozza cheese.
- 14 bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
- 15 cut into wedges, and serve-- delicious!
- 16 ***note***fresh plum tomatoes (sliced paper thin) may be used instead of canned, also of you are using canned tomatoes, make sure to drain very well.
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