Use Up Your Zucchini Pizza

Dear Turkey,

You'll be amazed by

How many zucchinis you

Will make disappear

Use Up Your Zucchini Pizza

(adapted from smitten kitchen, serves 6)

Ingredients:

For the dough (or use your favorite recipe or store-bought dough):

- 3 c white whole wheat flour

- 1 c warm water

- 2 t yeast

- 2 t salt

- 1 T oil (I used olive)

- 1 T sugar

For the toppings:

- 2-3 large zucchini (depending on how you define large)

- about 1 c bread crumbs (I used panko)

- 2-3 c grated gruyere

- 2 T salt

Instructions:

- For the dough: combine all ingredients in a bowl (make a well in the flour and add the water to the well, then add the yeast, sugar, and oil to the water, then sprinkle the salt into the flour away from the well so it doesn't come into direct contact with the yeast). Knead with your hands until a ball forms and then for a minute or two more. Let rest in a warm place (I turned my oven to 100F) uncovered for 20-30 minutes. Yes, it will be "massively underproved," but who cares?

- Meanwhile, grate the zucchini in a food processor. Toss it with the salt and let it stand for 10-20 minutes, or until it begins to release its liquid. Then place it in a colander and squeeze/drain it to get rid of as much liquid as you can. Combine it with the cheese.

- Cover two baking stones or cookie sheets with parchment paper. Divide the dough in half and spread each half out to cover a sheet (if you use my dough recipe you'll be able to roll it out with a rolling pin).  

- Cover each pizza with the zucchini mixture -- don't be afraid to go almost to the edge of the dough. Sprinkle a nice layer of breadcrumbs on top of that. You can let this rest for up to a few hours at room temperature if you're not ready to bake yet, especially if you're using my pizza dough hack. 

- Bake at 500 F for 20-30 minutes. This will require some watching -- you want the dough to be totally baked, but you also don't want it to be too crispy. If you have a very thick layer of toppings you'll really want to make sure your dough is baked all the way through.

Enjoy,

Tofu