Ricotta Pizza with Fresh and Roasted Tomatoes

ricotta cheese

Parmesan cheese, grated

kosher salt, cracked black pepper

large egg, lightly beaten

dried basil

pizza dough

or 1 pound pizza dough, thawed if frozen

extra virgin olive oil, divided

cherry or grape tomatoes

I used the heirloom cherry tomatoes because they are beautiful

large tomato, preferably heirloom, cut into half moons

I can usually find the large yellow heirloom tomatoes, which are beautiful; but today, there were none, so I used roma tomatoes instead

~ 1 Tbsp aged balsamic vinegar

fresh oregano leaves, for serving

fresh basil leaves, cut into thin ribbons, for serving

If you have a pizza stone, I would suggest sliding your prepared dough onto the preheated stone in the oven.  I used the same pant the kids used... because guess who gets to clean up?  Exactly.

For recipe purposes, I would recommend making your pizza crust a little thicker than I did here.  In reality, however, I got the leftover dough after the kids were finished making theirs.  That's what mom's do, right?

They have been learning a lot about shapes lately, so they let that be the theme tonight.  Canon made a triangle pizza, and Lily went with a square.

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If you really want to go all from scratch... make your own pizza dough.

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