Blueberry Pizza

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest, finely grated
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 pints blueberries, divided (the smaller the better)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest, finely grated

Recipe

• 1 for the dough: in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, zest & salt, then with a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 in a small bowl, whisk together the ricotta cheese, egg yolk, water & vanilla extract, then add this mixture to the flour mixture & stir with a fork just until the dough begins to come together when a small bit is pressed between your fingers.
• 3 shape the dough into a disk, then wrap in wax paper & refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
• 4 position a rack in the middle of the oven & preheat the oven to 350 degrees f, then generously butter a large baking sheet.
• 5 place the dough on a lightly floured sheet of wax paper, then top that with another sheet of wax paper & roll out the dough to a 10-inch circle.
• 6 remove the top sheet of paper, transfer the dough, paper side up, to the prepared baking sheet, & then remove the remaining sheet of wax paper.
• 7 fold in the edge of the dough to make a 1/2-inch rim, before baking the crust for 15 minutes.
• 8 for the filling: meanwhile, in a medium bowl, toss together just 2 pints of the blueberries with the sugar & zest, then pour this mixture onto the warm crust.
• 9 bake for another 45 minutes, then top the pizza with the final 1/2 pint of berries & bake 10 minutes longer.
• 10 remove the pizza from the oven & put the baking sheet with the pizza on a wire rack to cool for at least 5 minutes.
• 11 cut the pizza into wedges & serve warm.