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Easy Cast Iron Pizza in Less than an Hour

A scrumptious skillet pizza that's ready in less than an hour with cauliflower cream sauce, sauteed mushrooms, artichokes, shallots, mozzarella, baby arugula and shaved fresh romano cheese.
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Servings: 4

Ingredients

CRUST1 cup of all-purpose flour

  • 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour keep separate
  • 1 packet of undissolved Fleischmann's Pizza Yeast See notes
  • 1.5 teaspoons sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2/3 cup very warm water 120-130 degrees F
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil

TOPPINGS1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 cup cauliflower cream sauce optional (see notes)
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 10 approx. baby bella or cremini mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts
  • 1 shallot sliced
  • Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste

GARNISHESBaby arugula

  • Freshly grated romano cheese

Instructions

CRUSTIn a large bowl, combine the flour, pizza yeast, sugar, and salt.

  • Add the warm water and the oil
  • Mix well, with your hands, until blended (approx 1 minute)
  • Add enough flour to form a soft dough - approx 3/4 cup.
  • Knead the dough on a floured surface for approx. 4 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic-like. Add additional flour if needed. If the dough gets too sticky, rub some olive oil into the palms of your hands. It's an instant fix!
  • Pat the dough with floured hands and set aside to let it rise for approx. 30 minutes.
  • Once the dough has risen, fill it in a lightly greased cast iron skillet working the dough out evenly and create a crust up the edge of the skillet.

TOPPINGSHeat olive oil in a saucepan on medium heat.

  • Add the garlic, and saute until fragrant.
  • Add the sliced mushrooms.
  • Sprinkle with sea salt and ground black pepper, and saute on medium-low heat for approx. 10 minutes or until mushrooms become tender. Remove from heat.

MAKING THE PIZZAPre-heat the oven to 425 degrees F.

  • Carefully spoon the cauliflower cream sauce evenly over the bottom crust of the pizza dough.
  • The layer evenly with half of the shredded mozzarella, the mushrooms, the artichokes, the remaining half of the shredded mozzarella, the scallions, and another drizzle of cauliflower cream sauce if desired.
  • If you'd like, you can brush some olive oil on the outer crust.
  • Place the skillet on the lowest oven rack and bake for approx. 15 minutes or until the crust is brown and the cheese is bubbling.
  • Remove from the oven and garnish with baby arugula and freshly grated romano cheese.

Notes

Fleischmann's Pizza Yeast: If you cannot find this particular yeast, you can definitely work with another dough recipe without an issue.
Cauliflower Cream Sauce recipe can be found here: https://www.killingthyme.net/2014/04/07/cauliflower-cream-sauce/