Vodka Sauce Pizza

This is a great recipe for a pizza I hadn't tried until I moved to Little Italy. The vodka pizza sauce is spicy, creamy, and sweet at the same time. Delicious!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 574 Calories

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons butter
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• ⅓ cup vodka
• 2 medium shallots, chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped and chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) package fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
• 1 refrigerated pizza crust
• 1 slice bacon (Optional)
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed Roma tomatoes
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves stripped and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat butter over medium-low heat in a large saute pan. Add shallots and bacon and cook until shallots are transparent and bacon is browned and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove bacon from the pan and reserve for another use. Increase heat to medium and stir shallots in bacon grease; pour in vodka and allow alcohol to burn off and reduce, 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 3

Reduce heat to medium-low and add Roma tomatoes, thyme, rosemary, cayenne, pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper. Stir well and let simmer for 5 minutes. Add heavy cream slowly, a little at a time, over 3 to 4 minutes. Remove sauce from heat and let sit.

Step 4

Place pizza crust on the prepared pan. Rub dough with olive oil; pour sauce over crust, and place mozzarella slices on top.

Step 5

Bake pizza in the preheated oven until mozzarella cheese is melted and crust is golden, 12 to 18 minutes, depending on how thin or thick crust is.