Pizza

Recipes of Mass and Pastas

Italian Cooking

Ingredients serves 6

• 1 prepared thin-crust pizza shell
• 3 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 4 cups grated mozzarella cheese
• 3 fresh tomatoes, sliced
• Salt and pepper
• 3½ oz prosciutto or other salt-cured, air-dried ham
• 1 cup arugula, washed
• 1 cup sliced parmesan cheese

Preparation

1 Place the pizza shell on a baking sheet. Spread the tomato sauce and cover with 3 cups of grated mozzarella cheese. Top with tomato slices, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle on the remaining cheese.

2 Bake for 10 minutes in a medium oven or until the cheese melts.

3 Remove from oven and quickly top with prosciutto, arugula, and sliced parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

Wine Pairing

Advice of Wine to combine

Suggest from Sommelier

This kind of food is usually served with fresh and fruity young red wines such as Merlot or Carménére from recent vintages. We want them to have a well-rounded texture and that degree of freshness that combines with the acidity the tomato.