Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza

Before Jason, I (Rachel) was a terrible cook. Actually, I wasn’t so much a terrible cook, I just had never tried or cared to learn. Thankfully Jason comes from a family who values the art of cooking, so it was only inevitable that I’d learn.

My new favorite thing is Pinterest. We’ll come up with an idea and I’ll type it in Pinterest and 700+ delicious recipes will flood my feed. Honestly, I don’t know how anyone did anything before the internet. Yesterday we re-filled our Altamont Beer Works growler with 64ounces of Hella Hoppy – if you’re a Bay Area local and enjoy good beer I highly recommend them. And the only logical thing we could think of to accompany our delicious beer was PIZZA.

As I mentioned before I opened up Pinterest and typed in pizza and I saw so many delicious looking things. But one caught my eye – a Prosciutto Arugula pizza. Lemme go ahead and tell you how easy this recipe is – if I can do it, I guarantee your 4yr old son can do it too.

We made a quick trip to Trader Joes and picked up a pack of pre-made pizza dough ($1.20) and the pre-made pizza sauce next to it ($2.99). Then we picked up a package of prosciutto ($4.99), a bag of arugula ($2.99) and a bag of shredded mozzarella ($2.99). So for $15 we either have enough for 2 pizzas, or 1 pizza and snacks, or 1 pizza and a salad – what I’m trying to say, it was $15 and we had plenty of ingredients left over for other things.

What do you need:

• Pizza pan
• Couple handfuls Arugula
• Prosciutto (4 slices per pizza)
• 3/4cup shredded Mozzarella
• 3-4tbsp tomato sauce
• Pizza dough
• 1tbsp olive oil

What do you do?

• Preheat oven to 550 degrees or your oven’s highest setting
• Grab your nearest pizza pie pan ($4.99 at Target) and slather a little bit of flour on it to ensure your pizza doesn’t stick
• Coat your hands with flour and knead out the dough – we used a rolling pin too – until you get it to the size and consistency that you desire
• Brush the edges with olive oil
• Coat the dough with tomato sauce and sprinkle half of the cheese on top
• Layer strips of prosciutto across the sauce and cheese
• Spread the rest of the cheese on top and place in oven on middle rack.
• Cook 6-9min – if the cheese is browning and bubbling, the pizza should be done
• Place the fresh Arugula on top of the cooked pizza to finish off this delectable dish

And voila, within a few moments you should have a delicious and elegant pizza to share with friends and loved ones.

Enjoy!