Rachel's Berry Chocolate Realistic Dessert Pizza

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) package pillsbury soft sugar cookie cookie dough
• one 16-oz bag frozen raspberries (frozen strawberries or berry mix works too)
• 3/4 cup sugar (omit or reduce if using frozen syruped berries)
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup water (see directions!!!!)
• 6 ounces chocolate (approximately)
• 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 to bake the crust: grease a 10" pie pan with butter or cooking spray, then smoosh the cookie dough into the pan so that it lays flat.
• 2 bake for 8-10 minutes at 375-400 or until no longer raw-- but not a fully set cookie.
• 3 let cool on a wire rack and carefully extract onto a serving plate or platter.
• 4 to make the sauce-- thaw the frozen fruit out first by leaving the bag in the fridge for about 20 minutes ahead of time. you can also use fresh berries which are a superior topping, but frozen ones actually work better for the sauce.
• 5 put the thawed berries into a food processor and pulse a few times until the berries are well chopped up but not quite liquefied yet.
• 6 add the sugar and pulse until well blended-- a thick sugary strawberry paste should form.
• 7 put 1/2 cup water into a saucepan.
• 8 scoop this paste into the saucepan, mixing with the water. on low heat, gently whisk. whisk in the cream of tartar.
• 9 you may need to add a bit more water-- the heat particles will disperse the ingredients and it should thicken up to form a nice glaze. just let it cook on low heat for about 10-15 minutes, don't bring to a boil!
• 10 let the sauce cool for a while. thus you might actually want to bake the crust during the cooling stage.
• 11 spread the sauce/glaze evenly onto the gigantic sugar cookie/your pizza crust. if you have leftover glaze, it makes a nice glaze for cheesecakes and tarts!
• 12 grate the chocolate onto the the "pizza" so that it resembles shredded cheese.
• 13 top with sliced strawberries ("pepperoni") and almonds ("mushrooms"). that's just what i like, feel free to use other toppings! (like blackberries as "olives".).
• 14 chill for at least 2 hours prior to serving. i doubt there'll be leftovers. ;).