JULY 4th: Bacon Flag Pizza

June 25, 2014 at 8:26 am · Filed under July 4th/Independence Day, Pasta-Pizza, Recipes

Blogger Bev Cooks of Kansas City designed this celebratory snack for Independence Day. It’s so nifty, there’s temptation to find more occasions to eat this flag!

RECIPE: BACON FLAG PIZZA

Ingredients

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup jarred Alfredo sauce (or make your own with this recipe)

1 tube (11 ounces) Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough

1 pinch coarse salt

4 small purple potatoes, sliced thinly with a mandoline

2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil

7 slices bacon

You’re a grand old pizza! Photo courtesy BevCooks.com.

Also use purple potatoes in a red, white and blue potato salad. Photo courtesy BevCooks.com.

Prepration

1. ARRANGE the raw bacon slices on a cooling rack. Place the rack on a rimmed baking sheet and then into a cold oven.

2. PREHEAT the oven to 400°F. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer rings, remove the bacon from the oven. Leave the oven on. In the meantime…

3. HEAT the oil in a medium skillet. Add the sliced potatoes and sauté until they brown and become slightly crispy, about 7 minutes. Add a pinch of salt.

4. DRAIN the bacon fat from the baking sheet and flip it over. Lightly grease the underside. Roll the dough onto the sheet. Prebake for 6 minutes.

5. SPOON the Alfredo sauce over the crust. Arrange the potatoes in the upper left hand corner of the pizza. You can overlap them or lay them side by side. Arrange the bacon to the right and under the potatoes, creating stripes.

6. SPRINKLE the cheese between the bacon stripes. If you want, you can create little cheese stars on the potatoes. Bake pizza an additional 6 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted, browned and bubbly.

MORE

Check out this crudités American flag.

See the step-by step photos on Tablespoon.com.

Check out more of Bev’s wonderful recipes at BevCooks.com.

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