3-Ingredient Meals ~ Lemon Pan Pizza

We all lead such busy lives and sometimes cooking can be last on our list of priorities.  So I decided to start a series on 3-Ingredient meals.  These are dishes that use only 3 main ingredients.  You will still need to raid your pantry with staples you already have.  But for the most part, these recipes have only 3 ingredients.  This pizza has many substitution possibilities but I wanted to do something different so I used the lemons.  It’s great with a bottle of wine on a Friday night.

Start with your 3-ingredients….Smoked Mozzarella, Lemons and Pizza Dough.  This is pizza dough bought in the supermarket already made.  It’s much easier than making your own.  But if you like to make your own, you can definitely use that but it will increase you ingredients list.  In addition to the 3-ingredients, you will need olive oil, corn meal, flour, salt and pepper.

Next you will roll out the dough in the shape of a cast iron skillet.  This recipe is for pan pizza in my favorite pan, the cast iron skillet.  If you don’t have one, it’s worth the investment.  You will need a rolling pin and flour to help you shape your dough.

Before putting the dough in the pan, sprinkle with a little olive oil and corn meal.   This will keep it from sticking to the pan.  It will also help cook the pizza from the bottom.  After you sprinkle the olive oil on the bottom, take a paper towel and wipe off the excess.  You will just need enough for the corn meal to stick.  Let this set for about 10 minutes before putting in the dough.

Put the dough in the pan.  Make sure you have enough dough to bring it up the side of the skillet.  This will give you a nice crispy crust.

Slice up the smoked mozzarella and place on the dough.

Slice up one medium size lemon into thin pieces.  Make sure you take out all the seeds.  You will place the lemon slices on top of the cheese.  If you don’t want to use lemons, you  can slice up tomatoes and put those on top.

Top the pizza with black pepper and a sprinkle of olive oil.  Put in a pre-heated oven of 425 degrees.  Bake for about 15-20 minutes until your cheese is golden brown.

Your 3-Ingredient Lemon Pan Pizza will look like this!  It’s really yummy!  Add a salad or some Marinara sauce for dipping and you have a wonderful 3-Ingredient meal or the perfect snack for your wine and cheese party!

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3-Ingredient ~ Lemon Pan Pizza

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 3- Ingredients!
• Pizza Dough 13.8 oz store bought
• 1 package Smoked Mozzarella sliced
• 1 medium Lemon thinly sliced (remove seeds)
• Pantry Items!
• Olive Oil
• Corn Meal
• Black Pepper

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
2. Roll out store bought pizza dough to fit a 10-inch cast iron skillet
3. Lightly sprinkle olive oil in pan, wipe excess oil. Sprinkle corn meal on top of olive oil. Let sit 10 minutes.
4. Place dough in cast iron skillet.
5. Place sliced smoked mozzarella on top of pizza dough.
6. Add thinly sliced lemons on top of cheese.
7. Sprinkle with additional olive oil and ground black pepper.
8. Bake in oven until cheese is golden brown. It will take about 15-20 minutes.
9. Slice and serve!

Recipe Notes

If you don't like the idea of lemons, replace with thinly sliced tomatoes. This will add the flavor of a traditional pizza.