Southern Style Pizza
You'll love my Southern Style Pizza with pimento cheese, fried green tomatoes, bacon and arugula! Change up the flavors for an extra special weeknight meal!
Servings: 4
Calories: 576kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough store bought or homemade
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon pizza crust seasoning see below
- 4 ounces pimento cheese
- 4 slices Wright® Brand Bacon cooked and chopped
- 2 green tomatoes
- 1 red plum tomato sliced
- ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
- ¼ cup flour seasoned with sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon egg whipped with one of water added
- bacon fat to fry tomatoes or vegetable oil
- ½ cup shedded mozzarella
- 1 handful baby arugula
Pizza Crust Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon dry basil leaves
- ½ teaspoon dry oregano leaves
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- preheat oven to 450 degrees
- place bacon on a lined cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until bacon is crispy
- remove bacon from pan and drain well on paper towels. Save bacon green to fry tomatoes
- Slice green tomato into ¼ inch slices and dip in seasoned flour, egg and breadcrumbs. Make sure to completely coat the entire slice. Dip in egg and bread crumbs again if necessary.
- Fry breaded tomato slices in bacon fat until nicely browned on both sides, allow to drain on paper towels.
- Work dough into a circle on a floured surface. Don't worry if it doesn't come out perfectly round, its a homemade pizza. Just tell everyone its rustic.
- Brush entire dough with olive oil, then sprinkle the seasoning mixture generously over the entire dough.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 7-10 minutes or until dough has begun turning brown.
- Remove dough from oven and carefully spoon ⅔ of the pimento cheese onto the dough, spreading it out slightly.
- Arrange fried green tomatoes on top of cheese, leaving room in between for slices of red tomatoes.
- Place sliced roma tomatoes in between the fried green tomatoes.
- Spoon remainder of pimento cheese on top of fried green tomatoes.
- Sprinkle with chopped bacon and shredded mozzarella cheese and place back into the oven for 5 minutes or until crust gets nicely brown and cheese has melted.
- Remove from oven, and slice.
- Top with handful of arugula and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 576kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 1596mg | Potassium: 287mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1090IU | Vitamin C: 20.9mg | Calcium: 212mg | Iron: 4mg