Jenny's Broccolini Chickpea Pizza
 
 
Recipe from How to Celebrate Everything by Jenny Rosenstrach. Re-printed with permission.
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Recipe type: Main dish
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons good-quality olive oil, plus more for brushing
  • 1 16-ounce ball store-bought pizza dough, preferably sitting out at room temerature for about 15 minutes to warm up a bit and rise.
  • 1 8-ounce ball fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
  • 1 large bunch of broccolini (about 8 ounces), roughly chopped (including stems and leaves)
  • 1 cup cooked chickpeas, drained, rinsed and dried
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ⅓ cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 475°F. Using your fingers or a pastry brush, grease a 17x12 inch rimmed baking sheet with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Drop the pizza dough into the center of the baking sheet and, using your fingers, press out and flatten the dough so it spreads as close as possible to all four corners. Cover the dough with the mozzarella slices, leaving a ½ inch border around the perimeter.
  2. In a large bowl, toss the broccolini, chickpeas, lemon zest, and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper to taste and drizzle in the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, then give it all another toss.
  3. Using your hands, add the broccoli-chickpea mixture on top of the mozzarella in an even layer. Shower with the grated Parm and brush the exposed edge of the crust with a little oil.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes, until the crust looks golden and the broccolini looks crispy and dark brown, but not black-burnt. (You can always cover the toppings with foil if the broccolini looks ready before the crust is.) Remove the pizza to a cutting board to cool. Slice into eight rectangular pieces and serve.
Notes
Her recipe calls for salami or bacon, but I used about ¼ cup of chopped sun-dried tomatoes instead. I also used grated mozzarella instead of fresh because it's what I happened to have on hand.
Recipe by Love and Lemons at https://www.loveandlemons.com/jennys-broccolini-chickpea-pizza/