Roasted Garlic & Shrimp Pizza

This Wolfgang Puck inspired pie was so delicious I can hardly wait to whip it up again. Who knew shrimp could be such a great pizza topping? W.P. did.

Make a pizza dough and set aside (See Pizza Dough recipe is archives for a no-fail option). Saute tiger shrimp in hot EVOO with dried oregano & basil for only a minute, just to sear. Brush pizza dough with EVOO and spread shredded mozzarella cheese over flat surface. Top with 2" pieces of fresh asparagus, halved grape tomatoes, whole roasted garlic cloves (roasted garlic recipe below) and tiger shrimp. Sprinkle with a few granules of course sea salt and bake on pizza stone in 550 degree oven for 7-8 minutes. Remove when edges are golden brown. Sprinkle fresh Parmesan cheese and torn fresh basil leaves over the hot pizza.

Roasted Garlic

Slice the very top off a garlic bulb to expose tops of cloves and set bottom side down in a square of aluminum foil. Drizzle with EVOO and completely wrap in foil. Bake in 350 degree oven (I prefer my toaster oven for such a small job) for 45 minutes until garlic is golden and cloves are soft when squeezed. To remove garlic simply squeeze the bulb from the bottom. Cloves will squish out fairly well in tact.