Recipes
Chicken and Cream Cheese Pizza
Make a chicken pizza with Brazilian cream cheese at home!
Ingredients
- •2 teaspoons sugar
- •2 tablespoons dry yeast
- •2 1/2 cups warm water
- •6 cups wheat flour
- •2 teaspoons salt
- •1/2 cup water
- •Tomato sauce – 340g
- •200g mozzarella
- •Creamy requeijão (Brazilian cream cheese suitable for pizza)
- •Cooked, seasoned and shredded chicken (600g)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the warm water, yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Make sure the water is warm, not boiling, so it doesn't kill the yeast!
- 2
Let stand at room temperature for approximately 5 minutes.
- 3
Meanwhile, add the flour and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer.
- 4
Make a well in the center and pour in the yeast mixture.
- 5
With the mixer running and the dough hook attached, add 1/2 cup water.
- 6
Once the dough is no longer sticky, transfer it to a baking pan greased with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for about 1 hour.
- 7
Dust a work surface with flour, then place the dough on it. It should have doubled in size.
- 8
Transfer the dough to a greased baking tray and trim off any excess dough.
- 9
Prick the dough with a fork.
- 10
Spread the tomato sauce over the dough, then add the cooked, seasoned and shredded chicken.
- 11
Top the chicken with mozzarella.
- 12
Add more tomato sauce on top.
- 13
Add the requeijão on top.
- 14
Sprinkle a little more mozzarella over the top.
- 15
Add oregano to taste.
- 16
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C until the dough is cooked through and the requeijão has melted. If you prefer, you can pre-bake the crust for 10 minutes before adding the toppings.