Shrimp Scampi Pizza

A delicious pizza, perfect for an appetizer at your next party or a movie night in.

Start by roasting 2 heads of garlic. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the tops off of each garlic head and place on a big piece of tin foil in a baking dish. Drizzle the head of garlic with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste and wrap up the tin foil so that are in a pouch. Roast for about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes. Turn oven up to 425 for the pizza.

While the garlic is roasting. Take 1 lb of precooked shrimp, already deveined and tails pulled off. Chop into small pieces and marinate in extra virgin olive oil, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

We use an uncooked pizza dough but you can use a precooked one and skip this next step. If your pizza dough is raw, brush olive oil on a sheet pan and roll your dough out to fit the pan. Brush more olive oil on top, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste and bake in 425 degree oven for about 6-8 minutes.

Take the dough out and squeeze the garlic cloves out of the garlic skins right onto the pizza and spread it out like you would a sauce. Then sprinkle about 1 cup of grated Parmesan on it. Top it with the shrimp and 2 cups of shredded mozzarella and cook in a 425 degree oven for about 6-8 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Remove from the oven and garnish with parsley and the juice of one squeezed fresh lemon.

Enjoy!

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