Replace your pizza crust with a tarte dough to make the best thin crust pizza. Lightly layered pepperoni and your favorite cheseses create an amazing kid-loving pizza.
Ingredients
Part 1. Tarte Thin Crust
1 1/4 C all purpose flour
3 T canola oil
5 T water
1/4 t salt
Part 2. Toppings
1/3 C pizza sauce or pesto
1 1/2 – 2 C pizza cheese
20 pepperoni slices
1/2 C sliced olives
Directions
Oven 550º F Dough recipe is for 1 tarte. 1 baking sheet [13″ by 18″] with parchment paper cut to size. You need high heat, but don’t confuse this with the broiler. The broiler will sear your pizza to inedible blackness.
Mix flour, salt and oil together until it is crumbly. Add water gradually until dough comes together. Knead until smooth about 5 minutes. Cover and rest for 1 hour.
Assemble tarte
Placed dough ball on baking sheet and roll and patt out dough until papaer thin, Spread sauce choice on dough. Add cheese then pepperoni and olives. Top with cheese.. Baked for about 10 minutes on lowest shelf in oven.
Remove, cut, and serve. Served with carrot sticks, pepper sticks, and snow peas.
Note
Tarte flambe is also known as flammekueche
This is a non traditional way to serve this dish but it was an alternative choice for the younger set.
We used turkey pepperoni