Asparagus, Fingerling Potato & Goat Cheese Pizza
If you are due for a treat in your life––perhaps work has been brutal or you can’t remember when you last had your friends over for a meal––or if you just want to celebrate spring by eating something really delicious, I really do think you should make this pizza. I know it’s not particularly healthy, and that it seems like gilding a carbohydrate-laden lily to put potatoes on a pizza, but you’ll just have to believe me. It’s worth it and, as I like to say, woman cannot live on lentils alone.
It could have also been the scene that made me think this wonderfully rich recipe was so outrageously good. It was a Sunday night, and already dark outside. I sank into the couch with a single slice, a scary movie, and my love by my side, and thought that Laura Ingalls Wilder was right: the simplest moments do often seem the sweetest.
If you’re going to make the crust from scratch, I love this whole wheat pizza dough. I ran out of time and used a store-bought thin crust pizza shell, and you know what? It was still crazy delicious. A tart purple cabbage salad makes a lovely foil to earthy potatoes and all that cheese.
Asparagus, Fingerling Potato and Goat Cheese Pizza
from Bon Appetit
Serves 4 as a main course, 6 as a starter
5 ounces fingerling potatoes
cornmeal (for sprinkling)
pizza dough or store-bought pizza crust
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 garlic clove, pressed
4 scallions, thinly sliced, divided
1 1/3 cups grated whole-milk mozzarella cheese (about 6 ounces)
4 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled
8 ounces asparagus, trimmed, each spear cut in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 2- to 3-inch pieces
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Place potatoes in small saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Sprinkle with salt. Bring to boil and cook until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Drain. Cool. Cut potatoes into thin slices. (You could also steam your potatoes until tender in the microwave.)
Preheat oven to 450°F. Sprinkle rimless baking sheet with cornmeal. If using homemade dough, roll and stretch pizza dough to 16×11-inch oval. Transfer to baking sheet. Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil and garlic in small bowl. Brush garlic oil over dough. Sprinkle 3/4 of scallions over, then mozzarella, leaving 1/2-inch plain border. Top with potato slices and goat cheese. Toss asparagus and 1 tablespoon oil in medium bowl. Scatter asparagus over pizza. Sprinkle with Parmesan, then lightly with salt and generously with pepper.
Bake pizza until crust is browned and asparagus is tender, about 18 minutes. Transfer to cutting board. Sprinkle with remaining green onions. Cut into pieces.
Suse: Still cold, still raining, still windy. I’ll take it! What time are you serving?1 year ago
Hahaha. The sad thing is, we haven’t eaten anything nearly this delicious at my house in DAYS. You know when you just keep striking out? We’re in one of those streaks.1 year ago
Julie: Oh, this looks so good! Perfect springtime addition to my heavy pizza rotation.
PS Sad about all the blah dishes — I know those streaks well!1 year ago
Katie: This looks delectable. We love homemade pizza, so I’ll have to put this in the rotation! (We’re in a streak of strikeouts lately, too – but I’m hoping to get my cooking mojo back soon.)1 year ago
Lizzy: This pizza sounds delish! I have a great twist on it. I slice Vidalia onion super thin and caramelize it in a pan forever with thyme, olive oil, salt and a pinch of sugar. Swap the asparagus for the onion for a great variation. This is great cut into squares and served as an app at a cocktail party.1 year ago
Sense of Home: With asparagus in abundance at the store this sounds like a perfect treat after a long week. Sounds like Friday night to me.
-Brenda1 year ago
Katie and Julie, Homemade pizza is the best! Love that you’re both digging into it now.
And yeah, what’s the the strikeouts? I clearly need Heidi’s new cookbook! It’s practically an emergency!
Lizzy, Hell yeah! That sounds amazing! Add a glass of red and I’m in heaven.
Sense of Home, Yes, it sounds like a lovely Friday night to me, too! Bring on the Netflix!1 year ago
Designing Diva: OOH, this looks luscious! What an easy, yummy dinner to make. I am also in a cooking slump but am trying to get back into it by looking through my many cookbooks to try to get inspired again! There’s nothing quite like a rainy weekend with easy dinners and the beauty of Netflix movies! (Add in a bottle of wine and I’d call that a great weekend!!!)1 year ago
Cadi: We are SO into homemade pizza at our house!! I use the bread machine to make the dough while we’re at work during the day and it makes life so easy! This pizza sounds awesome, we’ll have to give it a try this week (though I admit, I will add some prosciutto to it just because it sounds sublime).1 year ago
Luscious is the perfect word for this, yes. And I can’t imagine prosciutto making this anything but better! (A nice prosciutto recipe coming up soon, too…)1 year ago
sweetsugarbean: All of my favourite things on a pizza – cannot wait to make this! Laura Ingalls Wilder is always right!1 year ago
Hilary: I’m obsessed with asparagus lately. It’s as though, by eating it, I can will Spring into existence. This looks delicious! (and, for the record, I’m a BIG believer in potatoes on pizza)1 year ago
beth: mmm, yum. can you let us in on how you made your purple cabbage salad? i have one in my fridge and i’m not yet sure what to do with it.1 year ago
Beth, it was hardly even a salad–I think it was just shredded purple cabbage, sliced scallions, and an apple cider vinaigrette. I’m big on apple cider vinegar lately––much to my own surprise!1 year ago
Sara Rose: This bad boy pizza looks AMAZING. I’m thinking we’re gonna do some homemade pizza this weekend, as well as your chocolate chip cookies with pudding in them. I think we’ll do individual pizzas for more fun. But I WILL be giving this one a whirl too. You rock!1 year ago
beth: thanks! sometimes i like barely-a-recipes best.1 year ago
I know just what you mean, Beth.
That’s so often how we really eat!1 year ago
Fran Della Luna: holy cow! this looks like a lean pizza i dish i just submitted to a Real Women of Philadelphia cooking contest. hopefully paula likes it as much as i do
. i should have used your fingerling potatoes to better my chances. they look AMAZING!!!1 year ago
Gretchen: So this recipe has been sitting in my “to try” pile and just made it last night. a.ma.zing. make this tonight, people
Thanks for making me look like a real cook!1 year ago
Yes! I’m so glad you loved it!1 year ago