Smoked Salmon Mini Pizzas

This is a recipe that I adapted from Food Network's show "Giada at Home". Giada made a lovely sunset brunch with Smoked Salmon Pizzettes (mini pizzas), Eggs Florentine, and Raspberry Filled Crepes. The whole meal looked amazing and I decided to try her Smoked Salmon Pizzettes. These are absolutely DELICIOUS. Things I changed---I used less capers & used a pizza crust mix.

Smoked Salmon Mini Pizzas

Ingredients:

• (1) 6.5 oz. package of pizza crust mix
• flour for dusting work surface
• olive oil for drizzling
• 1/4 cup Mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1.5 tablespoons capers, rinsed, drained, and coarsely chopped and dried on paper towels
• 2 oz. smoked salmon, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 cup freshly chopped chives

Directions: 

• Place oven rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Mix pizza dough mix according to package directions. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand 5 minutes or the amount of time stated on package.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out into a 1/4 inch thick round.
• Using a 2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out circles from the pizza dough. You should get approximately 14-15 circles.
• Arrange the circles on a heavy baking sheet.
• Prick the circles all over with the tines of a fork.
• Drizzle lightly with olive oil.

• Place in oven and bake until golden brown, 7-10 minutes.

• Remove from oven and cool.
• In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream, marscarpone cheese, and capers until smooth.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon about 1/2 -1 teaspoon of mascrcapone mixture into the center of each pastry round.
• Top with a piece of salmon and press gently.
• Arrange the pizzas on a platter or  wooden pizza paddle.
• Sprinkle with chopped chives just before serving.

These mini pizzas are delish and I love the colors. I made raspberry crepes with Chambord whipped cream and fluffy scrambled eggs with chives to go with these. SO yummy!