Chicken, Bacon, Leek Pizza

 Adding leeks to this gourmet pizza was inspired by a caramelized-leek pizza I saw in Country Living recently. For the crust you can use any ready made  purchased shells. You can make your own, using the French Bread recipe or take 1 - 2 cups of a bun dough and pat it into a pizza pan or cookie sheet. Let rise 30 min and bake until just done.

Ingredients:

• 2 lightly baked pizza shells
• 1/3 cup Caesar dressing
• 1-2 cups cooked, diced chicken
• 12 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 leek, washed, cut lengthwise and sliced
• 10 -12 button mushrooms, sliced
• 1 large clove garlic, crushed
• 3 cups shredded Italian blend cheese (mozzarella, asiago, provolone, Parmesan)
• 1 tsp hot chili flakes

Method:

1. Lightly spread pizza shells with dressing and cooked chicken pieces.
2. In large saute pan, cook bacon until almost crisp. Drain all but about 1 Tbsp of bacon drippings. Add bacon to pizza.
3. To pan, add leeks and cook while slicing mushrooms, then add the mushrooms and garlic. Cook until leeks are wilted, but still bright green in color, about 10 minutes.
4. Divide between prepared pizza shells, cover with cheese and sprinkle with chili flakes.
5. You can freeze one if you only want to bake one. Bake at 375F for about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.