14-16ozwhole milk low moisture mozzarellashredded (you can really add as much cheese as you like)
¼cupfreshly grated pecorino romanoplus more for serving
1bunch of asparagustough ends trimmed, bottoms thinly sliced and tops cut in half
1bunch scallionscharred*
Hot honeyfor drizzling
Lemon zest and lemon juicefor topping
Red pepper flakesif desired
Instructions
The day before you want to make the pizza: prepare the dough. In a large bowl, mix bread flour, water, salt and yeast together until fully combined. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Uncover and fold the dough by pulling up each side of the dough and folding them into the center.
Cover and let rest another 30 minutes. Repeat folding process from step 2.
Drizzle the top of the dough with a bit of olive oil and cover with plastic wrap. Transfer to the fridge to rest overnight. **
The next day, when you are ready to bake: Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 500F along with a pizza stone (if you have it).
Grease a half sheet pan very well with butter and oil all over. Place dough on the tray and press/stretch dough out as far as you can. It won’t fit the entire sheet tray at this point. Oil the top and place a sheet of plastic wrap on top of the dough. Let dough rest 30-45 minutes at room temperature.
While dough relaxes, prepare the ricotta. In a medium bowl add ricotta, garlic, parsley, basil, and lemon zest and mix until combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
After the dough has rested, press/stretch out again, this time to fill out the entire tray.
Spread the ricotta evenly over the dough. Top with both cheeses and asparagus all over.
Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with a touch of salt and pepper to season the asparagus.
Bake in the lower third of the oven (on top of the pizza stone if you are using one) for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.
Top with charred scallions and hot honey. Add lemon zest and a touch of lemon juice all over. Sprinkle on some red pepper flakes and more pecorino if desired. I like to cut this pizza using scissors.***
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Notes
*I char the scallions in a hot cast iron, but you can also grill them.**You can make the dough up to three days ahead and just leave it in the fridge until you are ready to make the pizza!***After the pizza is done, I like to transfer it out of the pan, and onto a wire rack so that the crust stays nice and crisp!