3/11/2020 Cheesy Muffin Pizzas Recipe | Giada De Laurentiis | Food Network

Cheesy Muffin Pizzas

Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
Show: Giada at Home Episode: Jade's Dance Class

Level: Easy Directions:

Total: 50 min
Active: 50 min Special equipment: a 3 1/2 to 4-
inch diameter round cookie cutter
Yield: 12 muffin pizzas

Ingredients: 1 In a large bowl, combine the

chicken, mozzarella, spinach,
One 4-ounce chicken breast cut into 1/4-inch
mascarpone, Parmesan, tomato-basil
cubes 
sauce, basil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
1 cup (4 ounces) coarsely grated whole-milk
mozzarella 2 Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F.
2/3 cup chopped baby spinach  Spray a standard 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.
1/2 cup (4 ounces) mascarpone
1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan (about 1 3 Lightly flour a work surface. Roll out the pizza dough to a thin large round,
ounce)  about 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2- to 4-inch-diameter round cutter, cut out
12 rounds for pizza crusts. Working with 1 crust at a time, settle 1 dough round
1/3 cup purchased tomato-basil sauce 
into the prepared muffin pan. Press and pull the dough up the sides of the cup.
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 
Rotate the pan and repeat until the dough covers the bottom and sides. Pack in 2
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice (about 1/2 a to 3 tablespoons of filling. Repeat with the remaining dough rounds and filling.
small lemon) 
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt  4 Bake the pizzas until the crusts are golden brown and the filling is bubbling,
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper  16 to 18 minutes. Let stand 1 minute. Then use a small knife to loosen the
Nonstick vegetable oil spray  pizzas. Arrange on a platter and serve.
All-purpose flour, for dusting 
1 pound ball fresh pizza dough 

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