Amore, a beautiful Italian work meaning love, and that's just what our Valentines pizza is all about. This pizza is intended to be shared with a companion. The dessert or sweet ending on pizza could be an industry first in pizza design.

Amore must be cut a certain way to leave dessert portion intact and separate. Be sure to present the pizza whole. Cut at table so presentation can get full marks.

Recipe and Procedures:

The Dough - - Your regular dough is fine for this pizza but an upscale dough will work also.

3 cups all purpose flour.
Teaspoon of Sea Salt
Pinch of Sugar
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Fresh Yeast
1 1/2 Cup Warm Water

Mix in Mixer 5-7 minutes. Let stand for 1 hour

The Sauce: A Portobello Wine Sauce

1 cup chopped Roma Tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped Portobello Mushrooms
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
3 cloves fresh garlic(minced)
1 cup dry white wine
1 tblsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tblsp butter
pinch of sugar
salt and green pepper corns to taste
1 teaspoon fresh basil and parsley

In a hot pan put your oil and butter add shallots. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add garlic 1 minute. Add mushrooms 1 minute then add your tomatoes. Keep cooking all together for another 3-4 minutes. Add your sugar, salt, and pepper mix together. Pour your wine in and let reduce by approximately half. Let cool then fold in your fresh herbs.

The Chicken Breast

In a hot pan add 1-2 tablespoon of fresh chopped garlic saute for 30 seconds then add 1/2 cup white wine and 1/2 cup of chicken stock. Toss your 1 tblsp rosemary, fresh black pepper and salt. Then place your chicken breast in pan let cook and reduce 10 minutes. Let chicken breast cool then cut into 1/2" wide strips.

Sweet Portion

Take 1 Granny Smith apple and slice into 10-12 pieces. Remove skin. In a hot pan place 2 ounces of Jack Daniel and your apples. Cook for 1 minute. Add 1 tblsp of chopped pecan, 1 tblsp of dried cheeries and 1-2 ounces of pure maple syrup. Cook another 1-2 minutes. Add 1/4 teaspoon of all spice or any combination of cinnamon, nutmeg or cloves.

The Pizza

Cut out a 14"-16" wide heart shape. You can make a better presentation and hold ingredients in by pinching edge or making a braid with dough strips. Place your sweet mix along bottom first. Then spread your mushroom wine sauce. Do not let sauce touch sweet mix. Leave 1/2 and put some cheese as barrier. Spread your chopped bocconcini. Now spread your jullienned red sweet pepper and sun dried tomatoes. Next lay your chicken. Now evenly spread your braised red onion and grilled raddiccio. Now dollop goats cheese evenly across pizza. Cook for 10-15 minutes. If edge starts to darken remove pizza and wrap aluminum foil on edge and return to oven.

Cutting Procedure:

Dino Ciccone, winner of World Famous Eastown Pizza in London, Ontario
Winner of Pizza Expo Festiva Contest and Toronto Food and Beverage Pizza
Contest for Best Pizza