Roasted garlic and peppers pizza
Roasted garlic and peppers pizza recipe in the pizza category
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
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees 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.
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