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Ingredients Required
* 1 Basic pizza dough recipe
* 3/4 pound fresh sardines, cleaned and gutted with, heads, tails and
backbone removed
* Sea salt for dredging
* 1 pound plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
* 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil plus 1 tablespoon
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1/2 pound young mild Caciocavallo or Provolone cheese, diced or sliced
Step by Step Procedure
* Prepare the pizza dough
* Wash the sardines and roll in the salt
* Cut up the tomatoes and place in a colander to drain for about 1 hour
* In a large pan, heat 1/2 cup olive oil over medium heat, then sauté
the onion until it is translucent
* Reduce the heat to low, add the tomatoes, and simmer for thirty
minutes stirring occasionally
* Add half the sardines and take off the heat immediately
* Preheat the oven to 425°F
* Roll out the dough to an eighth of an inch thick and lay it in a
lightly oiled pizza pan
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* Using half the tomato sauce and all the cheese, cover each pizza and
bake 20 minutes
* Add the rest of the sauce and place the remaining sardines on top
radiating outwards like the spokes of a wheel.
* Serve immediately
