Roasted Garlic and Peppers Pizza
| Roasted Garlic and Peppers Pizza |
Recipe type: Main
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Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Serves: 2
Roasted Garlic and Peppers Pizza recipe
Ingredients
- 1 large head garlic, unpeeled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large red onion, cut into 1/2−inch−thick rings
- 1/3 cup oil−packed sun−dried tomatoes, drained, oil reserved
- 1 − 12 inch pizza dough shell (uncooked)
- 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese (about 6 ounces)
- 1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers from jar, cut into 1/2 inch strips
- 2/3 cup (about 2 1/2 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 deg. F.
- Slice top off garlic head; place in small baking dish.
- Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Brush baking sheet with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil.
- Place onion slices on sheet and brush onion with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil.
- Bake garlic and onion until garlic cloves are light brown and soft and onion is tender, about 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven; let cool.
- Using fingers, squeeze out roasted garlic cloves into food processor; add sun−dried tomatoes.
- Using on/off turns, process until almost smooth, adding enough reserved oil form sun−dried tomatoes to form paste. (Onions and garlic mixture can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.)
- Prepare pizza dough of choice and have it ready to be topped.
- Spread garlic paste evenly over crust. Top with mozzarella cheese, onion, pepper strips and feta cheese.
- Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons basil and 1 tablespoon parsley.
- Bake pizza until crust is golden brown and cheese bubbles.
- Transfer to cutting board.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons basil and 1 tablespoon parsley.
- Cut into wedges and serve.
Calories: 300
February 5, 2009
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