Jalapeño and Coppa Spicy Pizza Recipe with Hot Honey

Pizza with Jalapeño, Coppa, and Hot Honey

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Jalapeño and Coppa Spicy Pizza Recipe with Hot Honey

This Jalapeño Pizza Recipe is the perfect balance of spicy, sweet, and savory. Coppa salami, fresh mozzarella cheese, fresh oregano, and then finished with homemade hot honey.

Prep Time15

Cook Time3

Course: Entree, Pizza

Cuisine: American, Italian, Pizza

Servings: pizza

Author: Mary Cressler

Cost: $8.00

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pizza dough (at room temperature)
¼ cup pizza sauce
¼ cup fresh mozeralla cheese, shredded by hand (not pre-shredded)
6 slices coppa
16 slices thinly sliced jalapeños (about ½ a medium sized jalapeño very thinly sliced)
1 tablespoon fresh oregano
1 tablespoon hot honey (drizzled at the end)

Instructions

Prepare Oven: Prepare your pizza oven to the appropriate temperature. We are using a Neapolitan dough and targeting the pizza stone at 700 degrees in an outdoor pizza oven. See notes if using your oven or different style of dough.
Make Pizza: Dust a small amount of flour on a wooden pizza peel. Gently form your dough into a 11 to 13-inch width. Add the following ingredients in this layer: start with the pizza sauce. Next add the mozzarella cheese. Finish with the coppa, jalapeño, and fresh oregano.
Bake: Make sure the dough still slides on the peel. If it doesn’t then gently lift each side and add a dusting of more flour until it does slide. Then place into your pre-heated pizza oven. Gently turn the pizza using your turning peel every 15 seconds or when you see the crust near the flame bubble. Remove from pizza oven after it’s been turned 360 degrees and the crust and bottom of pizza are done (roughly 2 minutes total).
Finish: Drizzle a little bit of hot honey over the pizza and add the finishing salt. Slice and enjoy.

Notes

Portions were for a 12-inch Neapolitan Style pizza. Increase portions if making a larger sized pizza.

Modifying for the Oven: Place a large pizza stone on the middle rack and set the oven at 550 degrees. Let preheat and warm for 20 minutes to get the stone up to temperature. Place the pizza on the center of the stone and bake for 5 minutes. Then using a pizza turning peel, rotate the pizza 180 degrees (most ovens the back is hotter). Bake for another 5 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted.

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