{"id":149649,"date":"2025-07-25T01:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T01:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/?post_type=recipes&#038;p=149649"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:59:14","slug":"bella-donna-on-deck","status":"publish","type":"recipes","link":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/recipes\/bella-donna-on-deck\/149649\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Donna | On Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The phrase \u201cbella donna\u201d translates to \u201cbeautiful woman.\u201d Any way you want to pronounce it, Bella Donna is a delicious pizza.<\/p>\n<p>We are in the mid-summer heat as I write this, and I figured it was time to give you a super refreshing pizza. By now, we have all seen a pizza made with squash blossom. For this one, I added some thinly sliced lemon, zucchini, marinated yellow datterini and zucchini blossom before the initial bake. I then added some more post-bake \u2013 along with some beautiful stracchino cheese and fresh lemon zest. You will want to use a slicer to get the lemon and the zucchini as thin as you can while still ensuring they are full circles. If you trust your knife skills, I believe in you! Good luck.<\/p>\n<p>I used provola in this recipe as well. The way the smoke plays with the tart lemon is magic to your tastebuds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Bella Donna | On Deck<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Pizza<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Chris Decker<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 ounces provola<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 ounces fresh mozzarella (dried and torn)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">12 zucchini pieces (sliced super thin)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">8 lemon pieces (sliced super thin)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 squash blossoms<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 yellow datterini, cut in half<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 ounces stracchino cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Start by stretching your dough to the desired size, then top with provola, fresh mozzarella and a sprinkle of Romano.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Gently lay and stagger the lemon, zucchini and 1 torn squash blossom over your pizza.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Bake at 550 F for 8-10 minutes or to desired doneness.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Let the pizza cool on a rack while resting one more squash blossom.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Then, arrange it on top of the pizza, followed by some yellow datterini and small quenelle of stracchino.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CHRIS DECKER<\/strong> is co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trulypizza.com\/\">Truly Pizza<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":149629,"template":"","categories":[3274],"tags":[2449,2547,3011],"topic":[3249],"class_list":["post-149649","recipes","type-recipes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe","tag-chris-decker","tag-on-deck","tag-truly-pizza","topic-pizzas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bella Donna | On Deck - Pizza Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By now, we have all seen a squash blossom pizza. 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