When the brick oven is about 900 degrees F, a pizza like this cooks in a minute. This is Melanie’s favorite pizza, and no one is allowed to make it but her. I have quizzed her on the order of ingredients, as she has her own special process.
Ingredients
Pizza Crust made with Italian “00” Flour
Olive Oil
Pizza Sauce (see Tomato Sauce recipe on this site)–just a little
Prosciutto
Mushrooms and Black Olives
Italian Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh Peppers and Vidalia Onions
Rotate the pizza every fifteen seconds or so, or be ready to say “Don’t eat the burned part.” That also keeps the crust from catching fire.
Like a folk tale, the elements of this pizza must be deployed in the proper order. As far as fiery pizza goes, I had to let the fire cool down from 1083 degrees F before I could make the second one, a pepperoni pie. The rebuilt brick oven is turning out to be a flamethrower.
Southern Fusion Cooking 