Chili Pepper Pizza

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
1		Onion - cut in 1/4s, sliced
1		Garlic clove - crushed
1		Tomatoes - (8 oz)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried oregano
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	All-purpose flour
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Whole-wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Active dried yeast
2/3 cup	157ml	Warm water - (F125F./52.5'c.)
1		Green chilies - (3.5 oz)
6 oz	170g	Mozzarella cheese - chopped
2 oz	56g	Pepperoni stick - sliced
8		Ripe or green olives
		Tomato roses - (opt)
		Fresh parsley sprigs - (opt)

Recipe Instructions

Lightly grease a 10" pizza pan. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a saucepan. Add onion, garlic, tomato paste, tomatoes with juice and oregano. Stir well to break up tomatoes, then simmer, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until well thickened; cool. Preheat oven to 375F (190C.).

Put flours, salt and yeast in a bowl and mix well. Add water and mix to form a dough. Knead well, then roll to a 10" circle. Line greased pizza pan with dough.

Brush surface of dough with a little of remaining oil and cover with tomato mixture. Drain and chop chilies and sprinkle on top.

Sprinkle with cheese and drizzle with remaining oil.

Bake in preheated oven 25 minutes. Top pizza with pepperoni and olives and bake 10 minutes. Cut in wedges.

Garnish with tomato roses and parsley sprigs, if desired, and serve hot.

Source:
Cooking Light, Oct 1993, 131

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

Click a star to rate this recipe.