Shrimp-Scampi Pizza

Ingredients:
Dough:
1 cup warm water
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast
2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pinch sugar

Topping:
1 pound medium or large shrimps, peeled and deveined
7 cloves garlic, sliced
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons tomato puree
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Tomato Sauce:
3 cups chopped canned tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Salt to taste

Directions:
Dough:

In a large bowl mix well the yeast, sugar and water. Add oil, salt and 1 cup of the flour and wix all together with a spoon. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and let the dough rest for 1 hour.
Add the remaining flour gradually and mix well with a large wooden spoon or your hands until the dough holds its shape.
Place the dough on a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic for about 5 minute. Transfer the dough to the bowl and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, divide it into two parts and roll them into balls. Use a rolling pin to flatten it out to about 1/4" thick.
Place the dough in a a lightly oiled pizza pan. In preheated oven, bake it at 175 degrees for 8 minutes until almost cooked.
Spread with tomato sauce, shrimps and remaining sliced garlic. Bring back to oven and bake for 10 minutes more.

Tomato Sauce:

Mix well all the ingredients together and spread the mixture over the pizza crust.

Topping:

Saute 5 of the cloves garlic (reserve two to spread over the pizza crust) in oil over medium low heat until soft. Add shrimp and tomato puree. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, then add parsley.
Spread the shrimps mixture over the pizza crust.

Notes:

You can add other seafood (squid, octopus) of your preference to the topping.

If you don´t like so much garlic, do not spread the 2 sliced cloves garlic over the pizza crust.

Enjoy your meal !!
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Shrimp-Scampi Pizza

This is a delicious shrimp pizza with a lot of garlic. It is a relatively light pizza, because no cheese is used in the topping, only shrimps and garlic.