Recipe: Cranberry Pizza and Fruit Pizza

CRANBERRY PIZZA
Source: Good Morning America

FOR THE CRUST:
Flaky croissant dough or any pie dough or frozen puff pastry - enough for one 10-inch puff pastry
FOR THE SAUCE:
1 bag fresh cranberries
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon zest
FOR THE TOPPINGS (ACCORDING TO TASTE):
strawberries
unshelled pistachios
prunes, pitted and diced
white chocolate, grated

TO PREPARE THE CRUST:
In the restaurant we use a flaky croissant dough for the crust, but any pie dough or frozen puff pastry will work. We are using one 10-inch disc puff pastry. Roll crust out onto any baking sheet. Find a large bowl and put it upside down on the dough. Carve around it with a knife in order to make a perfect round circle. Refrigerate for 20 minutes or up to one day. You can do all this the day before if needed.

TO PREPARE THE SAUCE:
In a medium saucepan, combine 1 bag fresh cranberries, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon zest. Stir occasionally, bring to boil and then reduce heat to simmer. Cook until cranberries burst and the mixture reminds you of cranberry jam. This will take approximately 8 minutes. Cool sauce until it reaches room temperature.

TO ASSEMBLE THE PIZZA:
Take the refrigerated dough and spread it out on a baking sheet that is has non-stick cooking spray. Use a ladle spoon to spread the cranberry puree evenly on to the dough as you would a tomato sauce on pizza dough.

Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven in the lower half of your stove. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until the pastry crust is a nice golden brown color, crisp and flaky. Make sure it is not doughy.

TO TOP THE PIZZA:
For toppings, I have sliced strawberries into thin slices which are the "pepperoni," unshelled pistachios are my "green olives," diced pitted prunes are my "black olives," and the finale is to coat the pizza with grated white chocolate as the "parmesan cheese."

TO SERVE:
Sprinkle plates with cinnamon. Slice the pizza into slices with a pizza cutter and serve immediately. It is delicious when served warm.

Serve with ice cream, either vanilla, eggnog, or your favorite flavor.

You can also make small pizzas, if you want an individual pizzas for your guests.

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This one has a glaze:

FRUIT PIZZA
Makes 2 pizzas

FOR THE CRUST:
2 rolls of refrigerated sugar cookie dough

Roll into greased pizza pan and bake as directed. I do this the night before and let them cool till morning.

FOR THE FILLING:
2 pkg (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla

Mix filling ingredients together and spread bake and cooled cookie crusts. Cut up fruit and decorate pizzas. I like bananas, peaches, strawberries, and kiwi.

FOR THE GLAZE:
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tbsp cornstarch

Combine the ingredients for the glaze in a saucepan and cook till it thickens. Spread over fruit.

I hope one of these will work for you!