Roasted Beet Pizza

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 450°.
2. 2
   Leave root and 1 inch of stem on beet; scrub with a brush. Wrap beet in foil. Bake at 450° for 40 minutes or until tender. Remove from oven; cool. Trim off beet root; rub off skin. Cut beet in half crosswise; thinly slice halves.
3. 3
   Roast potato slices and shallots (first lightly coat with EVOO and salt them) at the same time you roast the beets. Roast for about 8 minutes then toss or turn. Check again in 8 minutes.
4. 4
   Position an oven rack in the lowest setting. Place a pizza stone on lowest rack.
5. 5
   Increase oven temperature to 500°. Preheat pizza stone 30 minutes before baking pizza.
6. 6
   Mix olive oil and crushed garlic together.
7. 7
   Gently brush garlic oil over Basic Pizza Dough. Arrange cheese, beet slices, shallots, and potatoes evenly over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border.
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   Slide dough onto preheated pizza stone, using a spatula as a guide.
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   6. Bake at 500° for 8 minutes or until crust is golden. Remove from pizza stone. Sprinkle with salt, and drizzle with honey. Cut into 8 wedges.
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    Enjoy!