Southwest Pizza

Ingredients

 * 2 cups cooked black beans
 * 2 cups prepared salsa
 * 4 California avocados (2 lbs)
 * ¼ cup lemon juice
 * unbaked cornmeal pizza shell (see below)
 * 1 pound 8 ounces hot pepper jack cheese, shredded
 * chopped cilantro, for garnish

Cornmeal pizza dough

 * 2 tbsp sugar
 * 2 cups water at 110°F
 * ½ oz dry yeast
 * 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
 * 2 cups cornmeal
 * 2 tsp salt
 * ½ cup olive oil

Directions

 * 1) Mix beans and salsa; reserve.
 * 2) Just before service, dice avocados; toss with lemon juice.
 * 3) Per order - spread pizza shell with 1 cup black bean mixture.
 * 4) Sprinkle with 1 cup avocado, then 6 ounces shredded cheese (1½ cups).
 * 5) Bake at 500°F until crust is browned and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
 * 6) Garnish with cilantro.
 * 7) Cut into 8 slices.

Cornmeal pizza dough

 * 1) Dissolve sugar in water; dissolve yeast in mixture.
 * 2) Let stand 5 minutes.
 * 3) Combine 4 cups flour, cornmeal, and salt; add yeast mixture and oil.
 * 4) Beat until soft dough forms.
 * 5) Knead dough, adding remaining flour as necessary.
 * 6) Proof dough until double in bulk; punch down.
 * 7) Shape dough into a ball.
 * 8) Divide dough into fourths; shape each into pizza shell.