I’m slowly making my way through Daring Bakers challenges that occurred prior to me joining the group. For October 2008, the host challenged the group to make Pizza Napoletana from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Bakers Apprentice.
This challenge called my name–I have the book and I love making from scratch pizza. One part of the challenge was to perform the authentic pizza dough toss. I did attempt it and the results were disastrous. One reason (and rather than my own inadequacies) my performance was sub par could have been that I reduced the size of the pizzas from 6 ounce to 4 ounce.
To top the pizza, I used a recipe I found in the May (already???) 2009 issue of Bon Appetit for Asparagus, Fingerling Potato, and Goat Cheese Pizza. In addition to goat cheese, the pizza is also topped with mozzarella and Parmesan.
The pizza was wonderful. The crust was thin and crunchy and flavorful, due to the delayed fermentation. Unlike most other pizza dough recipes that can be thrown together at the last minute, this one requires an overnight in the refrigerator. The toppings were great. I’ve never had potato on a pizza before and I had been wanting to try it. I loved it. I’m definitely adding it to my topping rotation. And goat cheese–enough said. 
You can find the recipe for the pizza dough HERE at Rosa’s Yummy Yums, the host of the October 2008 Daring Bakers Challenge.
The recipe for topping the pizza is HERE.
oh that looks so great! goat cheese and asparagus – what a great combination!
oh, yum
wow, that looks delicious!
That pizza dough recipe is divine, isn’t it? I have PR’s American Pie and it’s a really fantastic book if you like to make pizza at home. It’s like the Bread Baker’s Apprentice only it’s devoted entirely to pizza. The first half of the book is the story of his search for great pizza and it’s really interesting.
You had me at asparagus and goat cheese, yum! I love the addition of the potatoes too. I bet that your pizza was so delicious!
i have always wanted to try potatoes on pizza but have yet to do so. this looks great. perfect spring pizza.
That pizza looks wonderful! The asparagus looks beautiful. I am sure it tasted delicious.
That just sounds like the perfect spring dinner. I loved this pizza dough, which reminds me – I have a bit left in the freezer…..
Oh…asparagus and potatoes AND goat cheese. YUM. I made a similar pizza on Friday with caramelized onions–I thought about putting potatoes on it. Looks fantastic!
Wow this look so unusually delicious!!!
wow, that sounds CRAZY DELICIOUS. sorry to hear baout your disastrous tossing attempt – i bet mine would be similar if i tried that. there might wind up being a dough covered shih-tzu in my house if i ever decide to give it a shot! (not that she would mind much)
This is a terrific looking pizza Pinkstripes – I love the sound of the topping. This Daring Bakers challenge was a surprisingly fun one, so I am glad that you have had the chance to go back and try it.
Wows, this looks AMAZING!! Great combination of ingredients…I will have to try this next time I make pizza. YUM.
Goat cheese pizza is the bomb! That pizza belongs in my tummy.
Yum – I love pizza with goat cheese and it sounds amazing paried with asparagus and potatoes!
This is EXACTLY my type of pizza!
This is just gorgeous!
This is a great looking pizza – better than the one in the magazine.
I only recently discovered that I love potatoes on my pizza. This pizza sounds especially yummy. What great flavor combinations!
I made this pizza on my blog too. It was soooooo tasty! I love me some goat cheese:)