Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Focaccia Crust
Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Focaccia Crust is a unique and delicious pizza. Hands down, pizza is my favorite food. Usually, I don’t like pizzas without tomato sauce, but this one has a really yummy cream cheese topping that doesn’t leave me miss the tomato sauce one bit. To begin this pizza, I make an easy focaccia dough in my bread machine. Next, I top my pizza with a combination of cream cheese and creme fraiche. Since jalapeno poppers always have cream cheese in them. Plus, it adds a great creamy element to this pizza. Then, I add bacon, onion, jalapenos, and Monterey Pepper Jack cheese. Finally, it’s time for that first creamy, cheesy, spicy bite!
The Equipment I Used
- A Bread Machine-You’ll need a bread machine for this focaccia pizza recipe.
- A Pizza Stone- I bake this pizza on my pizza stone.
- A Pizza Peel- Roll out your dough on a parchment lined pizza peel. And, then slide it right in the oven.
- A Food Scale- For perfect baking results, please weigh your flour.
The Ingredients Needed for Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Focaccia Crust
- Flour- Use all purpose flour.
- Yeast- Be sure and use regular active dry yeast, not quick acting.
- Cream Cheese- Use whole milk cream cheese and make sure it’s very softened. I usually throw it in the microwave for a minute.
- Monterey Pepper Jack cheese- This spicy cheese will really add lots of zest to your pizza. I like the Cabot cheese brand.
- Jalapenos- I used a combination of sliced jalapenos and sliced mini bell peppers, to cut down on the spice.
- Creme Fraiche- Instead of creme frachie, you can use a third of a cup of Mornay sauce instead. I used leftover cheese sauce from yesterday’s Croque-Madame sandwiches, and it was so good.
How I Made My Pizza
- First, I made my focaccia dough. This is a wet dough, so be sure and use lots of flour to pat out the dough.
- Next, I added the toppings and baked it off.
If you love jalapeno poppers, you need to try this yummy Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Focaccia Crust.
Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Focaccia Crust
Equipment
- Bread Machine
Ingredients
For the Pizza Dough:
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour (240g)
- ½ cup cornmeal (60g)
- 1 tsp. honey
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. active dry yeast
For the Jalapeno Popper Pizza:
- 4 ounces softened cream cheese
- ⅓ cup creme fraiche
- 1 cup minced red onion
- 2 strips chopped bacon
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1½ cups shredded Monterey Pepper Jack cheese
- 1 cup thinly sliced jalapenos
Instructions
- For the focaccia dough: Put all your ingredients in the bread machine, in the order your bread machine suggests. Select the dough cycle. At the end of the cycle, dump the dough on a well floured board, and shape it into a circle. Pat it out until it's about 12 inches wide. Brush the pizza with olive oil, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise for thirty minutes.
- To assemble the pizza: Heat the pizza stone in the oven for thirty minutes.
- Mix together the cream cheese and creme fraiche and spread it all over the pizza. Sprinkle on the bacon and onion, brush the crust edges with olive oil, and bake the pizza for 15 minutes. Remove the pizza from the oven and brush the pizza with more oil. Then, add the pepper jack cheese and jalapenos and bake for five more minutes.
