
(Courtesy Beer Institute)
Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t enjoy pizza, especially when its crust is made with a perfect craft lager?
This tasty dish, which comes our way from the Beer Institute, a national trade organization that advocates for big and small brewers, was created for them by Chef Laurent Aubel.
And although the recipe calls for any lager, we went with Allagash Brewing’s new summer lager, Surf House, super-crisp 5.5% ABV lager that is dry-hopped for sweet tropical notes.
The beer’s subtle citrus tones deftly inform this wonderful recipe and again who doesn’t love pizza?
So let’s do this!
Margherita Pizza Made With Allagash Lager
Dough ingredients
1 cup hot water
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup Allagash Surf House Summer Lager
- 4 cups flour
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1½ Tbsp. salt
- 1½ Tbsp. dry yeast
Pizza topping ingredients
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- ½ cup shredded parmesan
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella (fresh if desired)
- ½ cup heirloom cherry tomatoes cut in half
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450° F. (Don’t skip this step, it’s important the oven is hot before you start cooking the pizza).
In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and in warm water. Let stand until dissolved about 10 minutes (will resemble a creamy texture).
Stir in flour, salt, olive oil and lager until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a round. Transfer crust to a lightly greased pizza pan.
Add pizza sauce onto the center of the pizza and use the back of the spoon to spread sauce almost to the edge (leave about a ¼ inch).
Sprinkle cheese and tomatoes on top and bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and let the pizza cool for 5 minutes before serving.
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(Image credits: Beer Institute & Allagash Brewing)