Mushroom & pesto pizza

It’s pizza night! This bell pepper and pesto pizza is going to be a favourite. Take out has nothing on this comfort dish. This pizza is made with fresh pizza dough from the Italian Star Deli and topped with pesto, baked mushrooms, onions, bell peppers and mozzarella. Rolling this pizza dough and pilling it high with roasted vegetable will awaken your inner chef.

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Preparation

1

Prepare the vegetables: Heat up the oven to 400F. Rinse and dry all produces. Cut the onion dices of about 1 cm thick. Slice the bell pepper and the mushroom in about 1/2 – 1 cm thick slices.

2

Cook the vegetables: Place the onion, bell peppers and mushrooms on a baking sheet lined with parchment or non stick-liner. Drizzle the vegetables with oil (1/2 tsp, 1 tsp, 1 1/2 tsp) , sprinkle with salt (1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1 1/2 tsp), pepper (1/8 tsp, 1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp) and Italian Spice blend. Combine to evenly coat the vegetables. Cook for about 15 minutes in the oven or until the vegetables are cooked through and the onion is starting to become golden.

3

Roll the dough: lightly dust a clean counter surface with flour (1 tbsp, 2 tbsp, 3 tbsp). Lightly coat the pizza dough with the flour by placing it on the floured counter and then turning it upside down. Roll the dough with a rolling pin until about 1/2 cm thick. If the dough is sticky dust it and the counter with more flour. The dough will likely bounce back and not keep it’s shape very well. You can finish shaping it in the baking sheet.

Gluten- Friendly: Skip this step as the dough is ready for toppings.

4

Assemble, bake and serve: Transfer the pizza dough to the baking sheet. Use your hands to pull the dough and shape it as desired. Place the pesto evenly across the pizza. Garnish with the cooked mushrooms, onion, bell peppers and mozzarella. Bake in a 450F oven for about 15 minutes or until the crust is golden under the pizza and the mozzarella is bubbly. Cut in pieces and serve.

Gluten-Friendly: Bake about 8-10 minutes or until the mozzarella is becoming golden.

*Gluten Friendly 2 portion plan note: the Gluten Free Pizza dough is inside your delivery bag as it is too large to fit inside the meal box. Keep the Gluten Free Pizza dough in the fridge or freezer.

Bon Appétit!

Ingredients

Included

2 portions

4 portions

onion

mushrooms

90 gr

180 gr

bell pepper

Italian spice blend

1/2 tsp

1 tsp

pizza dough

250 gr

500 gr

Pesto

2 1/2 tbsp

5 tbsp

mozzarella

1/2 cup

1 cup

salt*

1/8 tsp

1/4 tsp

pepper*

1/8 tsp

1/4 tsp

oil*

1/2 tsp

1 tsp

flour for dusting*

1 tbsp

2 tbsp

Dr. Herrington's Health Fact

Regina Naturopathic

BASIL
Basil is one of the key ingredient of pesto. One study, using a type of basil called Holy Basil, found that people who took the extract, felt less anxious, stressed, and depressed.

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Cooking with Kids

Cooking for kids?
Feel free to slowly introduce pesto to children as they may not like it’s flavour right away. You can easily swap the pesto by tomato sauce or combine the pesto with tomato sauce for a flavour kids are more used to.

Making this recipe with kids?
Ask the child to help by completing step 4.