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Valentine’s Pizza

Recipe from lifestyleofafoodie.com

Ingredients:

• 1 ball of pizza dough
• 1/3 cup of pizza sauce
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Pepperoni
• Mozzarella and parmesan cheese
• Basil

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 450F and allow your pizza stone to warm up in the oven while you shape your pizza.
2. If you don’t have your pizza stone no worries, line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside. 
3. On a well-floured parchment paper spread your pizza dough into a heart shape. If using a pizza stone build your pizza now, no need to transfer it to a baking sheet. Use a pizza paddle to place it in the oven or a large cutting block. 
4. Gently transfer it to a baking sheet or large cookie sheet and fix up the heart shape if needed. Spread the tomato sauce on the dough then add the cheese then the heart-shaped pepperoni and bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. Check for doneness at around 10 minutes. 
5. Top the pizza with the chopped-up basil, slice, and enjoy! 

NOTES: Use a small cookie cutter to make the perfect heart pepperoni. If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can gently fold your
pepperoni in half and cut it in a heart shape using scissors.