Italian Shrimp Scampi Pizza Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Stir together the cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, garlic, and spinach until evenly mixed; set aside.
• Press the pizza dough onto a baking sheet, and brush with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the bell pepper and onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Season with 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning, and stir in the canned shrimp; cook until the shrimp are heated through.
• When the crust has baked, remove from the oven, and spread evenly with the spinach mixture. Spread the shrimp and vegetable mixture onto the pizza, and cut into pieces to serve.

Steps:

• For dough:.
• Dissolve yeast and sugar in water and let stand 10 minutes.
• Add oil and salt.
• With dough hook mix onlow, adding flour slowly until sot ball forms.
• Knead with machine for 3-4 minutes.
• Knead by hand on lightly floured surface to a smooth ball.
• Place dough in a greased bowl (use olive oil).
• Cover and let stand until almost doubled.
• While dough is rising, place garlic on a baking sheet, and drizzle 1 tablespoon oil on each bulb.
• Roast at 375 degree oven until entire bulb is soft (20 minutes).
• Let cool.
• Remove cloves from the husks.
• Mash garlic into a paste.
• Punch down the the dough.
• Stretch to fit a well-oiled 15 inch round deep pizza pan.
• Let rise 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Brush pizza with olive oil.
• Spread with garlci paste and sprinkle with grated cheese.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• While dough is cooking, heat 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan.
• Add shrimp and cook 2 minutes.
• Remove shrimp.
• Add garlic and pepper to pan and cook 30 seconds.
• Add wine.
• Simmer until wine is reduced to about 1 tablespoon.
• Remove from heat.
• Whisk in butter 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Add parsley.
• Arrange shrimp on top of pizza.
• Pour sauce over shrimp.
• Bake 10-15 minutes, until bottom is light brown.
• Let it set for 5 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• garlic shallot butter:.
• melt 1 T butter in a nonstick pan over medium high heat.
• add shallot, garlic and thyme.
• cook, stirring, till mixture is reduced to about 1/2 cup (toward end of reduction, reduce heat to low and stir frequently).
• remove the pan from burner, quickly and thoroughly whisk in remaining 4 T butter.
• roasted garlic:.
• preheat oven to 325.
• coat the coarsely chopped garlic with oil.
• spread the pieces of garlic over the surface of a glass casserole or sheet pan.
• roast in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, until the edges of the garlic begin to brown.
• remove the garlic from the oven.
• scrape up the garlic and redistribute it in a single layer to provde even browning.
• return the garlic to oven for another 15 minutes.
• remove from the oven when it is uniformly golden brown. set aside.
• to make pizza:.
• preheat oven to 425.
• prepare dough.
• use a large spoon to spread garlic shallot butter over surface of the crust, within the rim.
• spread mozzarella over the butter sauce.
• evenly distribute the onions and roasted garlic over the cheese.
• place shrimp, skin side up evenly over the cheese and toppings.
• transfer pizza to preheated oven, bake till crust is crispy and golden and the cheese at the center is bubbly, about 15 minutes.
• the shrimp should be opaque and cooked through.
• when pizza is fully cooked, carefully remove from the oven, sprinkle oregano and parsley over the cheese.
• slice and serve.

Steps:

• 1. In a small saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over med heat, add garlic and cook for just a few minutes, making sure not to burn. Remove from heat and add seasonings. Let cool then stir in the cheese. ( This will be used to spread on dough before cheese.) Forgot to get a picture of it finished.
• 2. For the shrimp : In a medium skillet, melt the butter over medium high heat, when frothy add the garlic and stir, then add the shrimp & seasonings. Cook until shrimp is done, about 3 minutes, turning and shaking pan often. Once shrimp is cooked, stir in the dry sherry. Set aside to cool, then cut each shrimp in half.
• 3. Preheat oven to 450 degree F. Lightly grease your pizza pan and sprinkle lightly with corn meal. Pat out the crust with greased fingers ( I use olive oil. ) Once you have the crust spread out and have made an edge. Place in oven for about 3 - 5 minutes.
• 4. Remove crust and brush crust evenly with the garlic butter mixture you made in the first step. Sprinkle evenly with cheese. Using my fingers I spread the shrimp evenly over the cheese. Using fingers or spatula, evenly sprinkle the pizza with the juices left from the shrimp. Sprinkle evenly with the green onions.
• 5. Place your oven rack in the lowest position. Place pizza in oven and bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is bubbly.
• 6. I remove the pizza from the pan and cut into serving sized pieces. Sprinkle with some fresh Italian parsley, red pepper flakes and some kosher salt, if prefer. Delicious!

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 425°F degrees. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In a large skillet, heat 3 tablespoons butter and olive oil over a medium flame; add the red pepper flakes and garlic, saute' for about 1 minute.
• Transfer the shrimp to the skillet and saute' until just cooked, about 1-3 minutes per side. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove the shrimp from the skillet; set aside.
• To the butter and garlic mixture in the skillet, add the wine, lemon juice and zest; bring to a boil. Simmer the liquid until reduced by about half, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the remaining butter, wait for it to melt and turn off the heat.
• Place the pizza crust on the prepared baking sheet, brush with some butter from skillet.
• Evenly spread the butter and garlic mixture over the pizza crust, add the shrimp and sprinkle with mozarella, Parmesan, and chopped basil leaves. Drizzle olive oil over the top.
• Bake 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
• Let stand several minutes before slicing; serve with a freshly tossed green salad and a glass of your favorite Cavit Riesling or Cavit Merlot.