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The Dandy Hamdelion Pizza with Lapsang Souchong Caramelized Red Onions

From the recipe box “Tea” licious recipes by

Ingredients

~ Store bought pizza dough (we use New Seasons)
~ Pizza Sauce- we used homemade, but Eden makes a good one
~ Fresh mozzarella
~ Fontina
~ Parmesan
6 slices of ham (we used nieman ranch, sliced thin)
¾ of red onion sliced thin
5 tsp. balsamic vinegar
3 tsp. of tea seed oil
1 tsp. freshly ground lapsang souchong
~ dandelion greens
~ lemon zest from ½ lemon
~ salt and pepper

Steps

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F (don’t forget to put your ceramic pizza stone in if you have one); roll out your pizza dough; add onions to saute pan with a splash of tea seed oil and saute over medium heat until they become soft and limber; add the lapsang souchong and cook a bit longer; now add 3 tsp of balsamic vinegar and cook for 5 minutes; take out pizza stone and put dough on it; spread the sauce on and top your pizza with fresh mozzarella, shredded fontina, ham, smokey balsamic onions, some more fontina and parmesan (obviously you can be as liberal with the cheese as you please, it’s your pizza); looks good right; now place that extremely attractive pizza in the oven for roughly 12 minutes (stay close and keep an eye on it, every oven is different); while the pizza is cooking, chop up the dandelion greens and dress them it a pretty little pink dress, oh wait, no don’t do that. Dress them with 2 tsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tsp of tea seed oil, pinch of salt and pepper and the zest of a ½ lemon; let sit; remove pizza when done and top with dandelion greens; slice and serve.

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1. by teaisfun on Feb 4, 2009 at 9:20 AM PST

Made this last night with watercress instead of dandelion greens and it was really good. We also substituted cantal cheese for the fontina. If you haven’t had cantal cheese yet, you should run on over to New Seasons and purchase some. It is very affordable and packed with flavor.

2. by DawnHeather Simmons on Apr 14, 2009 at 3:17 PM PDT

I have never thought of using tea as a seasoning, but lapsang souchong is one of my favorites. And this sounds lovely. I think I will have to try this!!! I’m also perusing your other recipes. Thank you.

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