BLT Pizza with White Sauce

What You'll Need

• tow garlic cloves, grated
• foor center-cut bacon slices
• 10 ounce fresh pizza dough
• one tablespoon cornmeal
• tow ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
• Cooking spray
• one cup baby arugula
• one pound ripe tomatoes, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• one teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup canola mayonnaise
• one tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• one tablespoon minced fresh chives

How to Make It

1. Place a pizza stone on bottom oven rack.
2. Preheat oven to 400°.
3. Arrange tomato slices on a parchment-lined baking sheet; sprinkle with oregano and pepper.
4. Place baking sheet directly on pizza stone.
5. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until tomatoes are no longer wet.
6. Remove tomatoes; keep stone in oven.
7. Increase oven temperature to 500°.
8. Combine mayonnaise, oil, chives, and garlic in a small bowl.
9. Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp; drain on paper towels.
10. Break into pieces.
11. Using well-floured hands, pat dough into a 10-inch circle.
12. Place dough on a pizza peel or baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal.
13. Pierce dough with a fork; transfer to preheated pizza stone.
14. Bake at 500° for 5 minutes.
15. Carefully remove pizza stone from oven.
16. Brush mayonnaise mixture over crust, leaving a 1-inch border; top with tomatoes and bacon.
17. Top with cheese; coat crust edge with cooking spray.
18. Bake 10 minutes or until cheese melts and crust browns.
19. Top with arugula.
20. Cut into 8 slices.