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Monday, July 3, 2023

Street Corn and Bacon Pizza

We, like thousands of others, got a pizza oven during the pandemic and my spouse went about perfecting his pizza dough game. We have settled on a 48-72 hour dough that has such good flavor and texture that while we get pizza out, it has become consistently disappointing. The very best pizza outside our house is equivalent to the worst of what we make at home. This pizza topping combo was the hands down winner amongst the adults at our last pizza dinner at home. It is simple and so so good! 1 pizza dough 4 slices bacon 1 ear fresh sweet corn on the cob, husked 1 jalapeno, sliced into rings, seeds removed or not, your choice About 1/4 of a medium red onion, sliced with the grain 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1/3 cup full fat Greek yogurt or sour cream 4 ounces crumbled cotija cheese (This Mexican cheese is very similar to feta only without the brine) 2 teaspoons fresh garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 fresh lime, to squeeze over pizza after it is baked Cilantro, to top pizza after it is baked Flour and corn meal to prepare crust Use the pizza dough you are going to use, and prep it as you would. Cut up the bacon and cook until almost done. Leave heat on medium high and add whole corn cob to skillet and cook for about five minutes, turning to brown all sides. Remove to paper towels. Once cool enough to handle, cut corn from cob and place corn in a small bowl. Set aside. Add jalapeno and onion and cook until no longer raw but not quite cooked, about 1-2 minutes. Remove to a bowl. In a small bowl mix yogurt or sour cream with mayonnaise and set aside. Spread ½ cup of the mayonnaise mixture onto the dough, going to within a half inch from the edge. Place the remaining mixture into a squeeze bottle to squeeze over the top of the baked pizza. If you do not have a squeeze bottle, cut the tip off of a sandwich bag, fill with mixture and use that in place of the bottle. Top the sauce with half of the bacon, corn, jalapeno, onion and all of the garlic. Then top with all of the cotija cheese and finish with the remaining bacon, corn, jalapeno and onion. Sprinkle chili powder over of the whole pizza then slide onto the pizza stone. Cook as usual, until the crust starts leoparding. Remove. Squeeze lime juice over the pizza as well as sprinkling with cilantro. Drizzle with the mayonnaise mixture and serve.

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