Dove Popper Pizza

With dove season in full swing, let’s look at a new recipe that takes all your favorite flavors from a dove popper and gives it a new twist. The Dove Popper Pizza has a delicious garlic cream cheese sauce, jalapeños, bacon and of course dove. Let’s Get Cooking shall we…

Dove Popper Pizza 

Ingredients:

8-10 dove breasts

1.5 cups mozzarella cheese, grated 

1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated 

5 jalapeños 

1/2 pound bacon 

8oz cream cheese, softened 

3/4 cup milk 

5 garlic cloves, minced 

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp smoked paprika 

1 tsp onion powder

2 tsp cracked pepper 

2 tbsp avocado or olive oil 

Pizza dough, homemade or store bought 

Directions:

1. Start by preheating your grill or smoker, add jalapeños and bacon, cooking until done. Once done remove from grill and chop bacon and slice jalapeños.
2. While bacon and jalapeños are cooking slice dove breasts off breast bone. In a skillet add 1 clove of garlic along with 1 tbsp of oil, sauté until garlic is fragrant, careful not to burn, add dove breasts, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder and 1 tsp cracked pepper. Sauté 2-3 minutes.
3. Remove dove and rough chop, set aside. 
4. Lets start on the cream cheese sauce. Over medium heat, In same skillet you cooked dove add remaining oil and garlic, sauté 30 seconds, add cream cheese, pepper and milk. Whisk until cream cheese is fully mixed in and smooth. Sauce will naturally thicken with the cream cheese. 
5. Take your dough and lay it on a pice of parchment paper, add sauce and cheeses followed by the bacon, jalapeños and chopped doves. 
6. Place pizza on grill and cook until dough is crispy and cheese is melted. Remove, slice and enjoy. 

Jeremiah Doughty 

fromfieldtplate.com 

Home Made Pizza Dough

• 2-2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour OR bread flour¹ divided (250-295g)
• 1 packet instant yeast² (2 1/4 teaspoon)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon garlic powder and/or dried basil leavesoptional
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil + additional 
• 3/4 cup warm water³ (175ml)

Instructions

• Combine 1 cup of flour, instant yeast, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. If desired, add garlic powder and dried basil at this point as well.
• Add olive oil and warm water and use a wooden spoon to stir well very well.
• Gradually add another 1 cup (125g) of flour. Add any additional flour as needed (I’ve found that sometimes I need as much as an additional 1/3 cup), stirring until the dough is forming into a cohesive, elastic ball and is beginning to pull away from the sides of the bowl (see video above recipe for visual cue). The dough will still be slightly sticky but still should be manageable with your hands.
• Drizzle a separate, large, clean bowl generously with olive oil and use a pastry brush to brush up the sides of the bowl.
• Lightly dust your hands with flour and form your pizza dough into a round ball and transfer to your olive oil-brushed bowl. Use your hands to roll the pizza dough along the inside of the bowl until it is coated in olive oil, then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place.
• Allow dough to rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Once the dough has risen, use your hands to gently deflate it and transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead briefly until smooth
• Use either your hands or a rolling pin to work the dough into 12″ circle or square
• Transfer dough to a parchment paper lined pizza pan and either pinch the edges or fold them over to form a crust.