Preparation
10 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Serves
Enough sauce for one 12" pizza
Cooking Level
Easy

Ingredients

  • For the Sauce:
  • 1 dry pint Pure Flavor® Cloud 9® Bite-Sized Fruity Tomatoes, hand-crushed (reserve 7 tomatoes for the topping)
  • ½ cup ground tomato puree
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 pinch of fine sea salt
  • 1 pinch of fresh cracked black pepper
  • For the Pizza:
  • 7 Pure Flavor® Cloud 9® Bite-Sized Fruity Tomatoes, halved
  • 12 oz fresh deli pizza dough
  • ½ red onion
  • 4 oz mozzarella
  • ½ cup arugula
  • 12 medium shrimp, cleaned and deveined
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp red chili flakes (Optional)

Directions

Step 1

Put a strainer over a bowl and press tomatoes through the strainer.

Step 2

In a separate bowl combine the ground tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic, olive oil, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and puree using an immersion blender, food processor or blender.

Step 3

Stir in the hand-crushed tomatoes. In a skillet, add olive oil, chili flakes, and shrimp. Cook on medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes or until the shrimp change color.

Step 4

Spoon sauce over pizza dough, add low-moisture mozzarella cheese and finish with red onion and tomatoes. Bake pizza at 425°F for 15 minutes. Add cooked shrimp and arugula to finish. Serve immediately.

Recipe created by Chef Daniel Lubin