You NEED this pizza in your life!

The thinly sliced potatoes, fragrant thyme top a crispy homemade pizza dough with dollops of fresh cheese ….. it doesn’t get much better than this.. This pizza is easy to assemble, highly addictive and the perfect addition to pizza night!

I know what you're thinking - HELLO carb load!  Well . . . yes, but If you go to Italy, you’ll see potato pizza in many of the trattorias. Stay with me here, picture yourself sitting at a tiny cast iron bistro table on a patio in Rome, with a fresh out of the wood burning oven potato pizza with a glass of chilled white or ruby red vino. Buon Appetito Tesoro!

Need the perfect homemade pizza dough recipe for this pizza click here.

Potato Pizza

Prep Time: 30 minutes 
Cook time: 30 minutes 
Total Time: 1 hour 
Serves: 1 (13”x18”) sheet pan
Author: Mary Mammoliti | Kitchen Confession 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 prepared pizza dough or make my quick and easy pizza dough 

• 7 medium yellow potatoes 

• 1 tablespoon kosher salt

• 1 ball mozzarella cheese (see Options below for a substitution)

• 5 tbsp olive oil

• 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 

• 1 teaspoon dry thyme

• Salt and pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Preheat your oven to 425°F

2. Prepare your pan with a tablespoon of olive oil and using a paper towel spread to coat the pan. 

3. Peel the potatoes and add them to a large pot and cover with cold water with 1 tablespoon kosher salt and bring to a boil, reduce heat to. simmer and cook the potatoes for about 20 minutes, until fork tender. You should be able to pierce the potato with no resistance.

4. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.

5. With your fingers, begin to press the dough to the sides of the pan. If your dough resists and won’t cooperate, let it rest for a bit while you work on the potatoes. Your dough should eventually cover the entire pan. If holes develop, simply pinch them together. 

6. Drain the potatoes, allow them to cool to the touch and slice each one. Slice them as thin as you can get them.

7. Start layering the potato slices over the pizza dough, overlapping the slices slightly until the dough is covered, all the way to the edges of the pan. 

8. Drizzle the olive oil mixture over the pizza and spread carefully or evenly over the potatoes, using a brush.

9. If using mozzarella, cut or tear the it into small pieces and place on the pizza.

10. Place the pizza onto the middle of the oven  and bake for 20-30 minutes until the potatoes begin to brown. 

11. Remove from the oven, drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil and enjoy. 

    OPTIONS: You can also top the pizza with fresh ricotta in place of the mozzarella. Do not bake the pizza with the ricotta. When the pizza is ready, remove from oven, dollop with 1 cup ricotta; drizzle with oil and top with several grinds of pepper.