The Ultimate Pizza

Cook Time: 20 min
Level: Intermediate
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

* 1 ounce fresh baker's yeast
* 1 cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
* 1 tablespoon maple syrup
* 3 cups flour (recommended 00)
* 1 tablespoon sea salt
* 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Topping:

* Extra-virgin olive oil
* 1 white onion, cut into thin strips
* 2 sprigs rosemary
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 1/2 lemon, juiced
* 12 ounces Robiola cheese
* 6 ounces pancetta, thinly sliced
* 1 white truffle
* Special equipment: Pizza stone and pizza paddle

Directions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F and place the pizza stone on the bottom rack.

Crumble the yeast in a small bowl then add 1/4 cup of warm water and
the syrup. Stir together and leave for 5 minutes to dissolve.

Put the flour and salt in a mixer fitted with a dough hook and give it
a quick spin to mix. Pour in the yeast mixture, the remaining warm
water and the olive oil at the same time, see Cook's note*.

Spin on low until the flour and water come together and the dough
pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Put the ball of dough in a
large bowl and drizzle a few drops of olive oil on top to keep it from
forming a skin as it proofs. Cover with a towel and leave in warm
place for 30 minutes to let the dough proof. When the dough has
proofed it will double in size and look spongy.

For the topping: Caramelize the onions in a frying pan over low heat
with a little olive oil and one of rosemary sprigs. When the onions
are golden season with sea salt and black pepper and a few drops of
lemon juice to bring out the flavor.

When the dough has proofed, roll it out onto to a floured surface and
punch the air out with your hands, then start shaping it into a circle
When it's stretched out, dust a pizza paddle with flour and place the
dough on it.

Cover with a generous splash of olive oil and scatter with pieces of
Robiola. Shingle the pancetta slices around and add the caramelized
onions, and the stripped needles of the remaining rosemary sprig.
Drizzle with olive oil. Add salt and black pepper.

Slide the pizza onto the stone in the oven (be careful the stone is
500 degrees F) and bake for 15 minutes. Shave white truffles over it.
Eat immediately.