Mushroom and Onion Pizza

by @Pizzaman13

About

A sourdough mushroom pizza with onions and goat cheese. It's important to cook the mushrooms especially to remove moisture, otherwise you can end up with an undercooked crust. Any type of mushroom can be used, my preference is portobello and shitake. Recipe makes three pizzas.

Ingredients

• 1 & 1/4 cups Water
• 1/4 cup of Sourdough Yeast
• 3 cups Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 Portobello mushrooms
• 6 Shiitake Mushrooms
• 1/2 Onion (diced)
• 400g of mozzarella cheese (shreaded)
• 50g goat cheese
• 1 can of San Marzano tomatoes
• dash of Olive Oil
• dash of Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions

1. Make tomato sauce

   • 1 can of San Marzano tomatoes
   • dash of olive oil
   • dash of balsamic vinegar

   Empty can of tomatoes into a fine meshed metal strainer, mash whole tomatoes with a fork. Leave to drain (can leave overnight in the fridge). After sufficiently drained, add a little olive oil and balsamic, and whisk the tomato sauce. Add some salt and pepper if you like.

2. Make pizza dough

   • 1 & 1/4 cups Water
   • 1/4 cup of Sourdough Yeast
   • 3 cups Flour
   • 1 teaspoon Salt

   Start with the drop test, take a spoonful of the sourdough, if it floats in the water, then it's good to go. Then mix flour and salt into the water and yeast mixture. Let sit until it rises (depending on ambient temperature, can be 6-8 hours)

3. Cook Mushrooms and Onions

   • Portabello Mushrooms
   • Shiitake Mushrooms
   • 1/2 Onion

   Slice mushrooms thickly (1 to 2 cms), chop onion finely. Cook on medium high, add onion to water occasionally, don't get mushrooms wet.

4. Prepare pizzas

   • Pizza dough
   • Tomato sauce
   • Mushrooms & Onions
   • Shreaded mozzarella and goat cheese

   Warm oven to 500 °F (or higher if possible), divide dough into three balls. On floured surface, push with finger tips into the middle of the ball outwards to create crust. Once it's large enough to fit your hand in, reach under the crust and pull outwards while rotating the dough to create an even circle. Transfer to pizza peel (or floured cutting board). Using the back of a spoon spread pizza sauce layer over pizza. Place cooked mushrooms and onion. Cover with a layer of mozzarella, and place small balls of goat cheese on top.

5. Cook Pizza

   Place in oven for 8-9 minutes until crust is golden brown.

Nutritional Information

Based on a 100g portion ¹

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