Kentucky Hot Brown Pizza Recipe - (4.3/5)

Ingredients

• Hot Brown Pizza:
• Pizza crust (homemade recipe follows)
• Mornay sauce (recipe follows)
• Sliced roasted turkey (home cooked, or cold cut (blot out excess water with paper towels)
• 4 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked and roughly chopped
• 1 firm, ripe Roma tomato, chopped (blot excess juice)
• Shredded Pizza cheese blend (mozzarella and cheddar)
• Pinch garlic salt
• Pizza Dough:
• 3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour (or bread flour)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 envelope instant "Rapid Rise" dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups water, 110° F. (use a thermometer)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Mornay Sauce:
• 1 tablespoon salted butter
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Half-and-Half
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan Romano cheese (green can)
• 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper
• Light shake of ground cayenne pepper, optional
• Salt and black pepper, to taste