Name: Tomato, Bacon, & Blue Cheese Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 10 oz. (285 g) Pizza dough; 1/3 cup (80ml) Cherry Tomatoes (, sliced in half); 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Balsamic Vinegar; 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Olive Oil; 4 slices thick cut Bacon; 1/4 cups (60 ml) Tomato Sauce; 1/4 cups (30 g) crumbled Blue Cheese; 1/2 cups (55 g) grated Provolone (, or cheese of choice); Olive Oil for brushing edge of crust; 8-10 fresh Basil leaves (, tearing larger leaves into 1/2 or 1/4's)

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For best results, use a baking stone. Preheated oven and baking stone at 550°F for 20-30 minutes.

If dough is coming out of the fridge, pinch off a ball of dough approx. 10 oz in weight (or somewhere in between a baseball and softball size). On a floured surface, shape ball into disk approx. 1 1/2&quot; thick. Set dough aside on floured surface to relax and warm up for 20 minutes as you prep the rest of the ingredients.

Combine sliced tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil in a small bowl. Gently toss tomatoes to completely coat then set aside to marinate while you prep the rest of the toppings.

Cook bacon in a saute pan until light golden on each side. Blot on paper towels and after it cools enough to handle, slice into 1" long pieces. Set aside.

Pizza dough should now be soft and pillowy. On a floured surface, flour both sides of dough disk, then using your fingers rotate and push out the dough from the center to stretch it, leaving the outer rim untouched. Stretch to about a 7-8" circle.

Resting the dough on the tops of your hands, continue to circle and and gently stretch dough to finish stretching crust to about 10&quot;. Make sure to keep the rim thicker than the center. (If dough starts to toughen and spring back too much while working it, allow it to rest for a few minutes so the dough will relax and soften.)

Brush top and edges of the pizza dough with a light coat of olive oil. Place on a floured pizza peel (or on a lightly oiled sheet pan if not cooking on a baking stone) and adjust shape back to a circle.

Gently spread a light layer of tomato sauce over dough circle, leaving outer 3/4&quot; untouched. Layer on bacon. Spread on cheeses. (Occasionally as you add toppings, give pizza peel a little shake to make sure dough isn&#039;t sticking to it. If it is, gently lift edges, toss a little flour underneath, and shake peel until dough is floating again.)

Layer tomato halves, cut side up (so center juices will bake into the tomato and not into your crust, making the pizza crust too wet). Keep balsamic mix to sprinkle on pizza after baking.

Slide pizza onto baking stone and bake for 8-10 minutes or until crust is golden and a touch charred in places. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes. Drizzle a bit of the balsamic mix over pizza. Sprinkle basil leaves over pizza. Slice and serve.

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