Delicious, quick and easy turkey pizza, inspired by turkey pot pie. Ready in just about an hour and a perfect use for your left-over holiday turkey and/or vegetables.
Quick Pizza Dough: (Will make one 10 or 12-inch skillet pizza or use store-bought pizza dough)
1cupwarm water
1teaspooninstant or active dry yeast
1teaspoonsugar
1teaspoonsalt
2cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
Pot Pie Topping: (Makes enough for one 10 or 12-inch pizza)
Cooking oil
1/4cuponion, diced
1cupbutton mushrooms, sliced
1/4cupyellow-fleshed potatoes, cut in 1/4-inch dice, peeled or unpeeled
1/4cupfrozen diced carrots or fresh carrots, cut in 1/4-inch dice
1/4cupthawed frozen peas or cooked left-over peas
1/4cupthawed frozen corn or cooked left-over corn
1/2cupcooked turkey or chicken, diced
2Tablespoonsbutter
2Tablespoonsflour
1cupmilk
1/4cupchicken stock, plus a bit more if needed
Pinch nutmeg
1/4teaspoondried thyme
Salt and pepper
1Tablespoonfresh parsley, chopped
1cupmozzarella cheese, grated, packed
Cornmeal, for dusting pan
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Instructions
Prepare the dough: In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the kneading hook, add warm water. Sprinkle with yeast and sugar. Stir to combine and allow to stand 5 minutes. Add salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix until well combined. Begin adding more flour, a bit at a time, until you have a smooth, moist (but not stickdough. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 30 minutes, while you make the topping.
Preheat oven to 450 F.
Prepare the topping by heating a tiny bit of cooking oil in a skillet over medium heat on the stove-top. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add mushrooms and potatoes (*if using fresh carrots, add them now, as weland cook, stirring, for another few minutes. Add frozen carrots, peas and corn. Cook, stirring, a couple of minutes. Add butter to pan and cook until melted. Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring, for 45 seconds or so. Begin adding milk a bit at a time, stirring well, until it's all added. Add chicken stock, nutmeg, thyme and a generous seasoning with salt and pepper. Add cooked turkey (or chicken). Reduce heat and simmer, stirring regularly, until thickened, about 8-10 minutes (if too thick, thin with additional chicken stock.) Sauce should be thick and creamy, but not gluey thick, to the point where it just coats the vegetables.. Taste sauce and adjust seasoning if necessary, by adding more salt and pepper. Remove from heat. Stir in fresh chopped parsley and then let stand until dough is ready.
Grease a 10 or 12-inch skillet (or baking disand sprinkle with cornmeal. When dough is ready, remove to a floured surface. **If baking in a 10-inch top diameter skillet, remove about 1/4-1/3 of the dough, cover and refrigerate for another use. Will keep for 2 days in the fridge for freeze for 2 weeks. If making a 12-inch top diameter pizza, use all the dough). Using your finger-tips, press/stretch dough in to a rough circle, a bit larger than the bottom diameter of your skillet. Place dough in to skillet and press up the sides slightly to make a bit of an indentation in the middle for the topping. Sprinkle 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese over the dough. Top with the pot pie filling. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese over the top.
Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until cooked and golden. Sprinkle with additional chopped parsley, if desired.
Notes
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