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Submitted by Sweetbrown

Cheese and tomato pizza layered with fresh basil, mozzarella, fontina, smoked gouda, and romano on a homemade crust. A four-cheese weeknight classic ready in 30 minutes.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

This is a four-cheese tomato-basil pizza that goes beyond the standard pie: mozzarella for stretch, fontina for creamy meltability, smoked gouda for a whisper of campfire, and sharp romano for a salty, nutty kick on top. Fresh tomato slices and torn basil keep it bright and summery.

Pile everything on a rolled-out pizza dough, slide it into a hot oven, and you’ve got dinner in under half an hour.

The smoked gouda is what makes this version sing. A little goes a long way, adding depth that plain mozzarella pies never reach.

Pro Tips

  • Pat the tomato slices dry with paper towels before laying them down. Excess moisture turns the crust soggy in the middle.
  • Preheat your oven as hot as it will go (500°F / 260°C if possible) for a crispy base with proper char.
  • Add fresh basil AFTER baking, not before. Cooked basil turns black and bitter, while fresh torn leaves on a hot pizza release their aroma beautifully.
  • Use a pizza stone or upside-down sheet pan preheated in the oven for that crackly bottom crust you’d get from a pizzeria.

Variations

  • Drizzle with balsamic glaze and a little olive oil after baking for sweet-tangy finish.
  • Add thin rounds of fresh mozzarella and call it pizza margherita with a twist.
  • Toss on prosciutto or Calabrian chilies after it comes out of the oven for a smokier, spicier version.

Ingredients

1 1
EACH EACH PIZZA DOUGH *
1
X TOMATOES
sliced, as needed *
1
X BASIL
fresh, as needed *
1
X MOZZARELLA CHEESE
shredded, as needed *
1
X FONTINA CHEESE
shredded, as needed *
1
X GOUDA CHEESE
smoked, shredded, as needed *
1
X ROMANO CHEESE
shredded, as needed *

Directions

Arrange ingredients on pizza.

Bake for 20 minutes.

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Comments


Nicola

i think that this website and recipe was not so deatalied because all it has is the ingredients it does'nt even say for the directions on how to add the ingredianets onto the pizza. therefore you should be a bit more deatailed and specific for future

happyzhangbo

In this recipe, you can put on the amount of the topping according to your own taste, that's why there is no real measurement!

 

 

 
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