Pizza with Cottage Cheese Crust
Pizza with a 4-ingredient cottage cheese crust. That actually tastes good. What is happening.
Foto: Pinch of Yum — Lindsay OstromIngredients
- 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour + 2-3 tablespoons for dusting
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 -2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup pizza sauce (I’ve just been using Rao’s marinara)
- 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Steps
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and place a rack at the highest position, near the top.
Blend the cottage cheese until smooth.
Place blended cottage cheese in a bowl; mix with the flour, baking powder and salt until a dough starts to come together. It will start to get kind of shaggy, crumbly, and sticky – use your hands to really bring it together. I usually turn it out on the counter and give it a few squishes, coating with a bit of extra flour, to make it into a cohesive ball. (You can also use a food processor to mix all ingredients into a dough! Super easy.)
Place a sheet of parchment on a pizza pan or baking sheet. Place the dough on the parchment and dust the surface with flour – it will be sticky. Press into a circle that is about 12 inches in diameter. It is a pretty bready crust, so you want to make sure to press it wide enough that it doesn’t get entirely thick and soft. Pressing it thinner will get you a few more crispy bites.
Rub the top of the crust with olive oil.
Place in the oven; bake (no toppings) for 10 minutes. It will be slightly puffed and a little golden.
Remove from oven. Spread with sauce and top with the two cheeses. Bake on that same top rack for another 5 minutes to melt the cheeses.
Finally, broil for 2-3 minutes until the cheese and crust edges are deeply golden, like the picture. (My goal is always to get a few crisped bites around the edges.) I like to sprinkle the slices with red pepper flakes, drizzle with olive oil or hot honey, and dip into more sauce! It’s too good!
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