Seared Balsamic Mushroom Pizza Recipe

Seared Balsamic Mushroom Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb. pizza dough, thaw if frozen
1/3 cup red peppers, roasted
1 lb. sliced fresh white mushrooms
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsps. balsamic vinegar
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsps. garlic, thinly sliced
1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme leaves, chopped
or
1 tsp. crushed dried thyme leaves
1/4 tsp. blacked pepper, cracked
1 cup fontina cheese, shredded and divided
1/3 cup prepared pesto

Directions:

Oven should be preheated around 450′ F. Lightly grease a 12-inch pizza pan using vegetable oil spray. Stretch out dough in the pan and make a rim that measure about 1/4-inch at the edge. Pierce the dough’s surface with a fork.

Bake in the oven for about 10-12 mins. or just until the crust has turned a golden color and set this aside. In a skillet on medium-high flame, heat some of the oil just until oil starts getting smoky and saute garlic, onions and the mushrooms.

Cook and stir them up until the mushrooms get golden (this takes around 5 mins.).

Then, add black pepper, salt, balsamic vinegar and thyme to the saut�ed mixture and cook for 1-2 mins.until all the liquid evaporates.

Set this aside and then evenly spread out pesto on the pizza and sprinkle half a cup of shredded cheese. Layer with the saut�ed mushroom mix and the roasted red peppers.

Top the remainder of the fontina cheese then bake in the oven for 10 mins. until cheese melts and the pizza is heated through. Slice in wedges and serve.