Chopped Italian Salad Pizza
This Chopped Italian Salad Pizza is perfect for when your tired of your old favorite pizza toppings and want to try a new fun pizza. It’s extremely fresh thanks to the delicious homemade tangy Italian salad with lettuce, shallot, cherry tomatoes, salami and grated Parmesan.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 1-2
Ingredients
Chopped Italian Salad:
3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 garlic clove, minced
Salt and black pepper, to taste
1 tsp dried oregano
100 gr / 2 cups lettuce
1 shallot, thinly sliced
100 gr / 3.5 oz cherry tomatoes, halved
5 slices salami, sliced into bitesized pieces
22.5 gr / ¼ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
Pizza:
500 gr / 1 lb pizza dough, homemade or store bought
Tomato pizza sauce
100 gr / 3.5 oz Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
Preheat oven to 260C / 500F and place your oven rack in the upper 1/3 of your oven. Lightly spray a baking sheet or pizza tray/pizza crisper with oil.
Start by making the dressing in a small bowl. Whisk together oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, minced garlic, salt, pepper and oregano and set aside.
Chop the lettuce, slice the shallot, halve the tomatoes and slice the salami into bitesized pieces. Place in a another medium sixed bowl and put aside.
On a lightly floured surface roll the pizza dough out until you have reached your desired thickness. About a 12 inch circle.
Place the pizza dough on the prepared tray.
Using the back of a spoon, gently spread the tomato sauce onto the dough.
Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
Slide into the preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the cheese and crust is golden.
Add the dressing to the chopped ingredients and toss together until coated. Add in the grated parmesan cheese and toss until evenly coated.
Take the pizza out of the oven and top with chopped salad.
Slice and serve immediately.
Find it online: https://www.alainga.com/chopped-italian-salad-pizza/