Pizza Fritta With Tomato Sauce Or Honey

Yield: 4

Courtesy of: David Rocco's Dolce Vita

Ingredients:

To fry the dough:
450 gram pizza dough (1lb)
extra virgin olive oil for frying

To make the tomato sauce:
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil for sauce (50ml)
2 cloves garlic, cut into chunks
350 gram crushed tomatoes (12oz)
fresh basil, torn
salt to season
freshly grated pecorino cheese (sheep’s milk cheese)

To make the sweet version:
2 tbsp honey (30ml)

Directions:

To fry the dough:
In a saucepan, heat up extra virgin olive oil for the tomato sauce. Add crushed tomatoes, garlic, salt and basil. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

Divide dough into 4 equal parts. Stretch and flatten out each piece with your hands to create little pizzas.

To make the tomato sauce:
In a large skillet, heat extra virgin olive oil on high heat. Gently place each piece of dough in the hot oil and cook for about a minute on each side. Once dough is puffy and golden brown on both sides, remove from skillet and place on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Remove any raw garlic from the tomato sauce and spoon sauce onto fried dough. Top with freshly grated pecorino cheese and serve immediately.

To make the sweet version:
For a sweet version, drizzle honey on fried dough and serve hot.