Top view of heart shaped pizza on a wood cutting board.

Valentine's Day Meat Lovers' Pizza

Name: Valentine's Day Meat Lovers' Pizza Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Pizza
Ingredients: 1 lb Fresh Pizza Dough, store-bought or homemade, formed into a ball; 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1-1/2 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded, depending on how much cheese you like; 1 cup Pizza Sauce, depending on how much sauce you like; 14 slices Pepperoni, cut into heart shapes; 1 piece Mild Italian Sausage, removed from casing, broken into small pieces, cooked, drained; 6 piecesProsciutto, thinly sliced, formed into rosettes; Kosher Salt, to taste; Freshly Cracked Black Pepper, to taste; Dried Italian Herbs, to taste; Baby Arugula, for garnish; Fresh Parmesan Shavings, for garnish; Chili Infused Oil, drizzled on top, to finish (red pepper flakes can be used as substitution); Additional Items:; Pizza Stone (if using a grill); Rolling Pin; Pizza Peel

Courtesy of Bull Outdoor Products

Makes: 1 - 3 Pizzas
Prep Time: 10 - 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 - 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Fresh Pizza Dough, store-bought or homemade, formed into a ball
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Mozzarella Cheese, shredded, depending on how much cheese you like
Pizza Sauce, depending on how much sauce you like
Pepperoni, cut into heart shapes
Mild Italian sausage, removed from casing, broken into small pieces, cooked, drained
Prosciutto, thinly sliced, formed into rosettes
Kosher Salt, to taste
Freshly Cracked Black Pepper, to taste
Dried Italian hHerbs, to taste
Baby Arugula, for garnish
Fresh Parmesan Shavings, for garnish
Chili Infused Oil, drizzled on top, to finish (red pepper flakes can be used as substitution)

Additional Items:

• Pizza Stone (if using a grill)
• Rolling Pin
• Pizza Peel

Directions:

Preheat the grill with the pizza stone or griddle (no pizza stone) to 500℉ - 550℉.
Sprinkle some semolina and/or flour on the countertop, and start to form the ball of pizza dough into a large circle.
Using your hands and knuckles, stretch the dough gently, rotating your hands around the edge of the pizza, allowing the pizza to stretch in all directions.
Dust the rolling pin with some flour and gently roll the entire surface space of the pizza, stretching the dough into as thin or thick of a pizza desired. Make sure pizza dough isn’t sticking to table, add more flour underneath if needed.
To form the bottom section of the heart, pinch the bottom of the dough with your thumb and pointer finger, and pull down into a point, resembling a teardrop.
Using your pointer finger, take the top, middle section of the pizza dough and push down towards the center. Adjust, exaggerate the shape a bit more, and your heart is ready for some topping love!
Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil evenly onto the pizza dough along with a pinch of the dried Italian herbs, salt and pepper, to taste.
Add the pizza sauce.
Add the freshly grated mozzarella.
Add the heart shaped pepperoni, cooked sausages pieces evenly onto the pizza so that each slice will get a bite of each.
Sprinkle a little semolina to the top of the peel and carefully place the pizza on top of the peel. The use of the semolina makes this process easier and allows the pizza dough to move.
Place the pizza on the pizza stone or directly on the grill or Blue Rhino Razor and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
Once the dough starts to bubble and turn slightly brown, rotate the pizza so the back of the pizza is now rotated towards the front. Cook for another 5 minutes, or until done. More time may be needed depending on the thickness of the dough.
Right before the pizza is done, take the pizza peel and lift the pizza up to the center- top of pizza oven, giving it a final blast of heat and remove.
To serve, place the prosciutto rosettes on top of the pizza along with some baby arugula resembling leaves for the rosettes and finish with parmesan shavings and drizzle with the infused chili oil.
Use a pizza cutter to slice the finished pizza.