Alfredo Pizza

I made pizza last night.  I wanted to try my dry, non-flavorful cheese out on pizza.  It worked great, I just added some salt on top of it after grating it over the pizza.  I wanted to share my famous alfredo topping with some variations...

Alfredo Pizza
First, make an alfredo sauce by melting 1/4 stick butter in a sauce pan.  Add in a couple of garlic cloves, chopped.  Saute them for a few minutes, then add in a cup of cream.  I also add in a bit of salt.  Simmer on low heat until the sauce thickens up a bit (it won't be thick, but just somewhat reduced).  Turn off the heat and add in 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.  Stir a couple of minutes and pour over rolled out pizza dough.  Top with mozzarella cheese and bake as normal.  Note, I use a stone bar pan rather than pizza stone, because the sauce has a tendency to drip--yum!

Pesto Alfredo
Same as above, except add about 1/2 fresh pesto.  I used 2 c. fresh basil, 3 garlic cloves, 1/3 lightly toasted pine nuts, 1/3 c olive oil.  If I am going to add this to alfredo sauce, I don't add in the parmesan, as the alfredo sauce already has some in it.

Spinach Alfredo
Using the plain alfredo sauce, I top the pizza with chopped fresh spinach (baby spinach works best).  I then add the mozzarella on top.  The kids love it!