Burrata Caprese Pizza Sandwich

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Pound two garlic cloves with some salt in a mortar and pestle.
  2. 2Add a handful of basil leaves to the mortar and pound until a paste forms.
  3. 3Grate parmesan cheese into the pesto.
  4. 4Add olive oil to the pesto and mix well.
  5. 5Halve cherry tomatoes.
  6. 6Heat olive oil in a pan, then add whole garlic cloves and cherry tomatoes.
  7. 7Sear the cherry tomatoes until blistered.
  8. 8Dust pizza dough with flour and stretch it out.
  9. 9Drizzle olive oil onto the stretched pizza dough.
  10. 10Fold the pizza dough in half.
  11. 11Transfer the dough to a pizza peel and slide it into a hot pizza oven.
  12. 12Once baked, carefully open the pizza dough.
  13. 13Spread a generous amount of pesto on one side of the pizza dough.
  14. 14Layer fresh arugula over the pesto.
  15. 15Place a ball of burrata cheese on top of the arugula.
  16. 16Slice open the burrata cheese.
  17. 17Sprinkle red pepper flakes over the burrata.
  18. 18Spoon the seared cherry tomatoes onto the burrata.
  19. 19Drizzle with more olive oil.
  20. 20Finish with a generous drizzle of balsamic glaze.
  21. 21Fold the pizza sandwich in half and slice it.

Ingredients

  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • Salt
  • Basil
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Olive oil
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Pizza dough
  • Arugula
  • Burrata cheese
  • Red pepper flakes
  • Balsamic glaze

Equipment

Mortar and pestleMicroplane graterFrying panKnifePizza ovenPizza peel