I bought some smoked trout from Trader Joe’s and have been staring at it all week. Today I had a lightbulb moment as I was putting away new produce from my CSA delivery. I HAD to use up some vegetables to make room, so what better time than now to make a smoked trout pizza?
Total time: 50 minutes with prep and baking.
Make a basic pizza dough (youlr favorite), or use my basic basil infused dough recipe here:
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 envelope active dry yeast
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
PREPARATION
Pour 3/4 cup warm water into small bowl; stir in yeast. Let stand until yeast dissolves, about 5 minutes.
Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, and salt in processor. Add yeast mixture into a dry well into the floud. Add warm water and oil slowly and beat in mixer with flour hook. Let sit for up to one hour. Roll out dough by staring Start in center of dough, working outward toward edges .
As far as toppings, this is up to you. However, red onion and basil pair very well with smoked trout so try to sneak those on!
I actually had ZERO mozarella in the house, so I used what odds and ends that I had which was about 1/2 cup of Gouda & 1/2 cup of Manchego. Again, you can use any cheese that you’d like, but I don’t recommend cheddar as it is too overpowering for the pizza. A mild melty cheese mixed with a firmer cheese like parmesean of manchego is awesome.
My Smoked Trout Pizza Recipe
- Dough rolled out with olive oil lightly rubbed on it.
- A Can of Roasted Tomato Paste ( I used Trader Joe’s)
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 1/2 cup fresh basil torn
- 1/2 cup portabello mushrooms
- 1/2 cup shredded Gouda
- 1/2 cup shredded Manchego
- 1/2 cup diced zucchini
- 1/4 cup diced kalamata/olives if you have them
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped and dispersed around pizza.
- 3/4 cup smoked trout
PREPARATION
Convection Oven at 415 degrees.
After dough is on a pizza pan or on baking paper, spread tomato sauce evening.
Evenly distribute the vegetable toppings with basil on top.
Even distribute both shredded cheeses.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Pull pizza out and put the flaked smoked trout on top in of pizza. You don’t want to bake the smoked trout the whole time or it will get too dried out and chewy.
Finish baking for another 10 minutes.
