Harissa-spiced Candy Potato Pizza — Ooni USA

Whenever you’re making candy potato casserole this Thanksgiving, roast a couple of additional potatoes so you possibly can deal with your self to this pizza. With harissa-spiked tomato sauce, toasted pine nuts and quick-pickled red onions, our spiced pie makes an amazing appetizer to your Thanksgiving feast (or a wonderful approach to make use of up leftovers). And did we point out it simply so occurs to be vegan? 

Right here, harissa powder, a North African smoked pepper spice mix, is combined into our tomato base and kinds the bottom of this pizza’s  taste profile. When making your spiced sauce, be happy to up the quantity of harissa, relying in your private spice tolerance. (The identical goes for the recent peppers.) We like serranos for his or her colour and taste, however you possibly can calm issues down with jalapeños or flip up the quantity on the spice by substituting habaneros. 

With one thing this punchy and flavorful round, you gained’t miss the normal sugar-laden casserole. 

This recipe seems in Taking Thanksgiving Classics for a Spin and options our Quick-Pickled Red Onions. Find more Thanksgiving recipes here.TIME 

1 hour half-hour

YIELD
toppings for 4 12” pizzas

Gear 
Ooni pizza oven
Ooni Infrared Thermometer
Ooni Perforated Pizza Peel
Ooni Pizza Turning Peel
Ooni Pizza Cutter Wheel or Pizza Cutter Rocker Blade 
Ooni Pizza Dough Scraper

Components
4x 250-gram dough balls

For the toppings
⅔ cup (100 grams) pine nuts
1 serrano pepper, sliced 
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1½ cups (100 grams) Pickled Red Onions
flat Italian parsley leaves, to garnish

For the potatoes
1 massive candy potato
2 teaspoons (10 grams) extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon (5 grams) wonderful sea salt

For the sauce
11 ounces (320 grams) crushed tomatoes
2 teaspoons (10 grams) wonderful sea salt
3 teaspoons (10 grams) harissa powder

Methodology
This recipe would go well with a variety of pizza styles, however we predict our Classic Pizza Dough can be an amazing match. Be sure that to organize your dough forward of time to make sure it rises at room temperature earlier than firing up your oven.

Preheat your own home oven to 350°F (175°C). Place the pine nuts on a small cookie sheet and bake for about 5 minutes, till the nuts are aromatic and golden.  Take away from the oven and let cool, then roughly chop. 

Enhance the temperature of your own home oven to 425°F (218°C). Rub the candy potato with olive oil and salt and roast till fully delicate, about 45 minutes. Let cool, then peel and crumble the potato into small chunks.

To make the sauce, add the tomatoes, salt and harissa powder to a bowl and blend till properly mixed. Modify seasoning to style, including extra harissa if you’d like additional warmth.

Preheat your pizza oven to 900°F (485°C). Place a dough ball in your frivolously floured work floor and push the air from the middle out towards the sting utilizing your fingers. Stretch the dough out right into a 12-inch spherical base, then lay the stretched dough over your frivolously floured pizza peel or countertop.

Unfold one quarter of sauce on as the bottom of the pizza, then high with sliced serranos, garlic, and candy potato chunks.


Launch the pizza within the oven and prepare dinner for 60 to 90 seconds, turning to make sure a good bake. Take away from the oven and place on a slicing board.

Garnish with pickled pink onions, toasted pine nuts, and parsley.
Slice and revel in.