Wild Mushroom Pizza Adapted from Cooking Light

This pizza is my hubby's new fave! It is rustic in style and uses multiple kinds of mushrooms making this a very versatile recipe. If you can make your own pizza dough DO IT! You can refer to the pizza dough recipe on my blog or find your own. The dough looks a little sketchy in the picture because I kept messing up the shape. Regardless the pizza was sooo good.

Materials You Will Need:


12 oz fresh refrigerated pizza dough
1/3 dried porcini mushrooms
2/3 cup water
1 tbs olive oil
4 oz each of 3 different mushrooms; chopped (I used shiitake, maitake, and king oyster mushrooms)
3 oz minced garlic
salt & pepper
3 tbs green pesto
3 oz mozzarella

Preparation: 

1. Preheat oven to 500 with pizza stone or baking sheet inside.

2. Combine and porcini mushrooms and water. Microwave on HIGH for 4 MIN in a microwave safe bowl. Drain and chop mushrooms.

3. Heat a large skillet over MED- HI heat. Add oil and heat through. Add fresh mushrooms and garlic. Saute 5 min. Add porcini, salt, and pepper to taste.

4. Carefully remove pizza stone. Arrange dough on stone. Spread pesto, cheese, and mushrooms evenly over pizza dough. Bake for 13 minutes. Cut into 8.

Simple as that! So good and fairly healthy compared to commercial pizza that usually is ladened with tons of cheese and grease.