I make an Easter Pizza very similar to this which was handed down from my Grandmother. We roll the dough out in a large circle than add a filling of Ricotta cheese mixed with raw eggs, parsley, salt, grated mozzarella cheese which has been refrigerated while the dough rises. It is then spread on one half of the dough. At this point you can add roasted Italian sausage, if you like, which has been cut into 1/4" rounds. Then the top half of the dough is placed over the cheese/sausage filling and sealed, we used a fork to ensure it was closed. We also used the tines of a fork to lightly aerate the top of the pizza and brushed it with a beaten egg yolk. When it comes out of the oven it looks like the sunrise on Easter morning! My grandmother always made two, one plain cheese and one cheese and sausage as she always had a lot of guests for Easter.

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