FLAG PIZZA

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Serve up a patriotic pie for the Fourth of July: Tomatoes, cheese, and blue potatoes create the unmistakable flag design.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Appetizers

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound Quick Basic Pizza Dough
Extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup paper-thin slices of blue potato
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary leaves
2 cups shredded mozzarella
1 pint cherry tomatoes, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
Fresh mozzarella pearls

Steps:

  • Position rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 500 degrees. Stretch pizza dough onto a 13-by-18-inch rimmed baking sheet brushed with extra-virgin olive oil, pushing the edges up the sides to create a border; season with salt and pepper.
  • Toss potato with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and rosemary leaves; layer in upper-left corner. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella over remaining dough, inside border. Arrange cherry tomatoes into 7 stripes on dough.
  • Bake until cheese is bubbly and crust is set, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately dot mozzarella pearls onto potatoes for stars.

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