I love a good veggie pizza. Too often the ones from a take out place have few veggies and mostly cheese, or they throw in weird things like pineapple. Fruit? No thanks. Here is the most loved pizza in my house at the moment:
red onion
thinly sliced zucchini
thinly sliced sweet peppers (red, yellow, orange, or combination)
sliced black olives
garlic cloves-peeled, cut into slivers
plum tomatoes-seeded, then thinly sliced (it’s important to do this, otherwise you get soggy pizza)
In my house, we make home made sauce, and then crust (recipes here), and layer the pizza like so….
-pizza sauce
-mozzarella cheese
-garlic/onions
-zucchini, peppers, tomatoes
-olives
-maybe a sprinkle of feta or Parmesan cheese
The trick is not to put too much cheese on top of the veggies, or they won’t cook. Also, make sure to seed the tomatoes so they don’t have lots of juice to make the pizza soggy.
Bake this baby in the middle of a pre-heated 425 F oven for about 15-18 minutes, watching carefully so the bottom doesn’t get too brown on you. When it looks like how you enjoy your toast, remove the pan and set the rack higher. Turn on the broiler.
Put the pizza back in (and watch carefully) so the broiler can do it’s work caramelizing the bits of cheese and stuff and making that pizza look amazing. Don’t over do it, and don’t get distracted or the pizza will be burned.
Remove from the oven, let sit for about 5 minutes, then cut up and eat!
Makes 8 good sized slices.
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Thanks for the great recipe. I’m planning to make it tonight.
Ooo! Let me know how it turns out.
That sounds like a wonderfully delicious, gourmet pizza recipe!