Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Pizza With Mushrooms and Smoked Mozz

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The Middle Eastern roasted reddish capsicum and walnut dispersed known arsenic muhammara makes a juicy basal for the premix of roasted and pickled toppings. We utilized a bully store-bought marque to velocity up the prep for this recipe, but you tin marque your ain successful astir the clip it takes for the shaped dough to rest.

We particularly liked these toppings with a whole-wheat pizza crust, but consciousness escaped to take a antithetic crust (see related/linked recipes).

Ingredients

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Servings: 2-4 (makes 1 10-inch pie)

6 ounces sliced shiitake mushrooms
Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing and drizzling
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Whole-wheat flour, for dusting
1 information Whole-Wheat Pizza Dough (250 grams; spot headnote)
1/4 cupful homemade oregon store-bought muhammara (may substitute a operation of adjacent parts crushed tomatoes and mild harissa)
4 ounces smoked mozzarella, thinly sliced
1/2 cupful grilled onions (optional; whitethorn usage an adjacent premix with roasted shiitake mushrooms)
Heaping 1/3 cupful sliced banana peppers, drained
1 spoon to 2 teaspoons shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for sprinkling

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 4)

Calories
240
Fat
7 g
Saturated Fat
3 g
Carbohydrates
36 g
Sodium
450 mg
Cholesterol
15 mg
Protein
12 g
Fiber
7 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Topping look from lawman Food/recipe exertion Bonnie S. Benwick; dough look adapted from Sally McKenney astatine sallysbakingaddiction.com; baking method adapted from"Mastering Pizza: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone," by Marc Vetri and David Joachim (Ten Speed Press, 2018).

Tested by Becky Krystal and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published April 30, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026