Carbonara Pizza

I feel like it’s been forever since I shared a pizza recipe! In reality, it really hasn’t been that long but since pizza is one of my favorite things to eat and to make, it’s been way too long!

I’m going to be honest with you, this pizza is DECADENT and SO SO good! It’s creamy, cheesy, salty, and just perfection. And the egg yolk gives it that elegance that makes it good enough for any dinner party.

Entertaining tips:

1. Hosting a dinner party or just having a casual dinner with some friends? Pair this pizza with any of these super simple recipes to create the perfect menu.

   • Italian Chop Salad

   • Italian Squash Carpaccio

   • Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

   • Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake

   • Negroni Spritz

   • Amaro Twist

2. You can make the cream sauce for the pizza 1 day before, just store in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use. Spread it on the dough, straight from the refrigerator. It will warm in the oven.

Recipe

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

1 homemade or store-bought pizza dough

8oz pancetta or bacon

1 small shallot, finely chopped

8oz heavy cream

5oz grated parmesan

4 oz fresh mozzarella, torn into pieces

1/4 tsp Pepper

3 egg yolks

1/4 cup cornmeal

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. If using a pizza stone, place the stone in the oven and let heat for 1 hour.

2. In a large saute pan, cook bacon over medium heat until almost crispy, about 5 minutes.

3. Add shallots to pan with bacon and cook for another 2 minutes, or until bacon is crispy, and shallots are soft.

4. Transfer bacon and shallots to a plate lined with a paper towel to drain the grease.

5. Allow the grease in the pan to cool and then drain the grease.

6. Using the same pan, pour in the heavy cream and warm over medium heat. Whisk the cream while it warms.

7. Once the cream starts to bubble and thicken, add the parmesan cheese, stir to combine, and remove from heat.

8. Add the bacon and shallots back into the cream and stir to combine. Set aside

9. To assemble the pizza add a good amount of cornmeal to the pizza peel or baking sheet so the dough does not stick. 1/4 cup should be enough. Pull the pizza dough to the desired size and thickness, then transfer to peel or baking sheet.

10. Spread the sauce evenly over the dough, leaving about 1” on the edges for the crust.

11. If using a baking sheet, transfer to the oven.

12. If using a pizza stone, slide the pizza off of the peel and onto the stone that is in the oven. If you have enough cornmeal it should slide off easily.

13. Cook pizza for 7 minutes and then add egg yolks to the center of the pizza.

14. Cook for another 3 minutes.

15. Using the pizza peel, remove the pizza from the oven.

16. Let pizza cool for 5 minutes before cutting.

17. Serve hot and enjoy!