Mushroom Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Blue Chees
Pizza dough to make one medium pizza. (I
used a precooked store bought pizza, but you
could also use homemade
pizza dough)
1 large red onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 T. butter
1 T. olive oil
5 medium portabella mushrooms, or 3 large - sliced into chunks
1 cup pizza sauce -- use good quality store bought, or try Michael's
sauce.)
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 t. red pepper flakes
1 t. dried basil
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a heavy skillet, melt butter and add olive
oil. Heat. Add onions and garlic. Sauté' over medium heat
until
onions are caramelized -- just starting to turn brown. Remove from skillet
to a separate dish.
Return skillet to stove and sauté mushrooms until tender. Add salt and
pepper to taste.
Put dough on lightly floured cookie sheet or a pizza
board.
Spread pizza sauce on pizza dough. Spread
mushrooms on top of that. Add onions, cheeses, pepper
flakes and basil.
Slide pizza onto oven rack.
If your pizza dough is precooked, bake pizza for
20 minutes or until cheese starts to bubble. If your
pizza dough is uncooked bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Use the pizza board to
easily remove the pizza
from the oven. Let stand for 10 minutes. Cut and enjoy!