Goat Cheese and Zucchini Pizza

After posting about the zucchini bread on Facebook, a friend suggested I try this interesting looking pizza recipe with the rest of the zucchini.  I happened to have all the ingredients for this in the kitchen, so it seemed like a real no brainer.  This was quite possible the best pizza I've ever made.  The crust was crispy and tasty, and the goat cheese and zucchini were a heavenly combination.  There's no question that I'll make this again.  And I wouldn't change a thing, since it is amazing as is.

Adapted from: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/07/lemony-zucchini-goat-cheese-pizza/

Ingredients

1 batch of the pizza dough recipe detailed here, but I used only half of the dough for this pie
Juice of 1/2 lemon
6 ounces goat cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling

Small handful fresh basil, finely chopped
3 small zucchinis, sliced as finely as possible
1 tsp salt

1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper

Method

1.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2.  Stretch out the pizza dough as described here and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper that is sprinkled with flour.

3.  In a bowl, mix together the goat cheese, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper.  I used a fork to get this mixture nice and smooth.

4.  Spread the goat cheese mixture over the stretch pizza dough using a plastic spatula.  Leave about 1/2 inch of dough around the edges to form the pizza crust.

5.  Sprinkle the basil over the goat cheese.

6.  Arrange the zucchini slices over the goat cheese and basil so that the slices overlap slightly and the cheese is completely covered.

7.  Drizzle olive oil over the top and sprinkle with the rest of the salt and pepper.

8.  Bake pizza at 450 degrees for 12 minutes.  Then turn the broiler to high and cook for an additional 3 minutes.

9.  Wait 5-10 minutes before slicing.  Enjoy!