I love pizza, and I love salad - so who says I can't have both at the same time? Let's be honest, if I had spicy steak salad alone, I'd eat it with a slide of bread and cheese, so instead I just put the cheese on pizza dough, and salad on top. It is delicious, plus it's an easy way to feed a crowd.
Servings
6-8 slices
Ingredients
For the Pizza
1 pizza dough
1 8-10 oz steak, preferably New York or Ribeye
8 oz Ricotta cheese
1 cup Arugula, washed and dried
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, washed, dried and cut in half half lengthwise
1 avocado (optional)
1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt & Pepper
For the Dressing
2-3 Calabrian chilies in oil, stemmed, seeds removed if you like less spice
2 tbsp olive oil (or the oil from the chilies if you like spice)
1 clove garlic, roasted, skin removed
Equipment
Pizza pan
Pizza stone (optional)
Cast Iron Pan or heavy bottomed for steak
Directions
Preheat the oven to 500°F, with a pizza stone in it if you have one.
Put a cast iron or heavy based pan on the stove and set the heat to medium high. While it’s heating, dry the steak and season with salt and pepper on both sides. When the pan is hot, cook the steak, preferably to medium rare. Let the steak rest.
While the steak rests, shape the dough into a long, rectangular shape, approximately 6”x15”. Use flour as necessary to prevent sticking to the counter. I like to shape the dough directly on parchment paper so I can throw it right into the oven after it’s ready.
Prep the garlic for roasting: Put a clove, with skin on, in some foil, add olive oil, and close the pouch. Bake with the dough.
When the dough is shaped, disperse the cherry tomatoes on the dough, and drizzle with olive oil. Put the dough and garlic pouch in the oven, bake until the dough is golden in color, with a crunchy exterior and spongy interior, ~12 minutes.
Once you have removed the cooked dough from then oven, and let it cook for ~5 minutes.
Make the Dressing: combine the chilies, oil and the roasted garlic clove in your blender, pulse until smooth.
Drizzle the balsamic vinegar across your cooked crust, and then spread the ricotta across it. Top with the arugula, steak, avocado and then drizzle the dressing on top. Slice and serve!