Description
This Hot Honey Pizza combines a perfect balance of spicy, sweet, and savory flavors with a crispy, wood-fired crust. Featuring a mix of mozzarella and creamy ricotta cheeses, tender prosciutto and coppa, thinly sliced red onions, and a generous drizzle of fiery hot honey, this recipe is a delightful twist on classic Italian-style pizza.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza Dough
- 1 pizza dough (11 to 13 inches in diameter)
Sauce & Cheese
- ¼ cup pizza sauce
- ¼ cup mozzarella cheese (preferably whole milk, shredded)
- ¼ cup ricotta cheese
Meats & Vegetables
- 2 pieces prosciutto, shredded
- 4 pieces coppa (or other favorite cured meat)
- 12 slivers thinly sliced red onion
Finishing Touches
- 2 tablespoons hot honey
- ¼ teaspoon finishing salt (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare Oven: Preheat your pizza oven or conventional oven. For a wood-fired pizza oven, target around 700°F with a hot pizza stone. If using a home oven, preheat to the highest temperature (usually 500°F) and place a pizza stone or steel inside to heat thoroughly.
- Shape Dough and Add Toppings: Lightly dust a wooden pizza peel with flour. Gently stretch or roll your pizza dough to an 11-13 inch diameter. Spread the pizza sauce evenly over the dough with a spoon. Sprinkle the mozzarella and ricotta cheeses evenly next. Arrange shredded prosciutto, coppa slices, and thin red onion slivers evenly on top.
- Check Dough Slide: Ensure the pizza slides easily on the peel by gently shaking it. If it sticks, dust more flour under the edges and gently lift sides to loosen it to avoid tearing.
- Bake Pizza: Slide the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone or oven surface. If using a wood-fired oven, turn the pizza every 15 seconds or when the crust bubbles near the flame. Bake until the crust is golden and the bottom is cooked thoroughly, approximately 2 minutes in a wood-fired oven, or 7-10 minutes in a conventional oven.
- Finish and Serve: Remove pizza from oven and drizzle with hot honey evenly over the surface. Sprinkle optional finishing salt if desired. Slice with a pizza cutter and serve immediately while hot and fresh.
Notes
- For the dough, a Neapolitan style dough works best in a wood-fired oven, but a standard pizza dough is suitable for home ovens.
- Use whole milk mozzarella for best melting; low moisture mozzarella will affect texture.
- Hot honey can be purchased or made by infusing honey with chili flakes or hot sauce.
- Finishing salt enhances flavor but is optional to adjust sodium levels.
- To adapt for home ovens, use the highest temperature and preheated pizza stone to mimic the fast bake of wood-fired ovens.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes (wood-fired oven) or 8 minutes (conventional oven)
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/6 of pizza)
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 520mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: hot honey pizza, spicy honey pizza, wood-fired pizza, prosciutto pizza, Italian pizza recipe, sweet and spicy pizza
