Shrimp Scampi Pizza
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INGREDIENTS
  • Garlic Shallot Butter
  • 5 TBSP butter
  • 1/4 C minced shallot
  • 2 TBSP minced garlic
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 pinch white pepper
  • 1/3 C Chardonnay wine
  • 1 TBSP lemon juice
  • 1 tsp chicken base or bouillon cube
  • Roasted Garlic
  • 1/3 C coarsely chopped garlic
  • 1/2 tsp olive oil
  • Pizza
  • 1 recipe pizza dough
  • 1 1/2 C shredded mozzarella cheese (Italian blend is good)
  • 1/4 white onion, sliced into 1/8 inch rings
  • 12 medium shrimp,peeled, deveined and cut in half lengthwise
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 TBSP chopped Italian parsley
DIRECTIONS
  1. Garlic Shallot Butter:
  2. melt 1 TBSP butter in a nonstick pan over medium high heat.
  3. Add wine, shallot, garlic and thyme.
  4. Cook, stirring until mixture is reduced to about 1/2 C (reduce heat and stir more frequently as it gets closer to being done)
  5. Remove from burner, quickly and thoroughly whisk in remaining 4 TBSP butter.
  6. Roasted Garlic:
  7. Preheat oven to 325
  8. Coat the coarsley chopped garlic with oil
  9. Spread pieces of garlic over the surface of a glass casserole or sheet pan
  10. Roast in preheated oven for 12 minutes, toss and roast another 12 minutes.
  11. Remove from oven and set aside.
  12. Pizza:
  13. Preheat oven to 425
  14. Prepare dough
  15. Spread garlic shallot butter over dough
  16. Spread the cheese over the butter sauce
  17. evenly distribute the onions and roasted garlic over the cheese
  18. Place shrimp, skin side up over the cheese and toppings
  19. Bake until crust is crispy and cheese is bubbly, about 15 minutes.
  20. Sprinkle oregano and parsley over cooked pizza.