Wild Mushroom Pizza with Caramelized Onions

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 8 oz mixed wild mushrooms, sliced (such as shiitake, oyster, etc.)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 10 oz refrigerated pizza dough
• cornmeal, for dusting
• ½ cup fontina cheese, shredded
• ½ cup taleggio cheese, shredded
• 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
• truffle oil, for garnish (optional)

Directions

1. Position oven rack in bottom third of oven (remove rack above it). Place a pizza stone on rack. Preheat oven to 500°F (or your oven's highest setting) for 1 hour.
2. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and a pinch of salt and pepper; sauté 3 minutes. Add 1 Tbsp water, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook 25 minutes or until onion is very soft, browned and caramelized, stirring occasionally. Scrape onions into a bowl; set aside.
3. Return pan to medium-high heat; add remaining 1 Tbsp oil. Add garlic; sauté 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add mushrooms, salt and pepper, tossing to coat. Saute 3-5 minutes or until mushrooms have released their liquid and browned. Remove from heat.
4. Shape dough into a 10-inch circle; place on a pizza peel or rimless sheet sprinkled with cornmeal. Top with cheeses, onion and mushrooms. Sprinkle with thyme. Slide onto preheated baking stone. Bake 8-9 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and crust is golden and crisp. Drizzle with truffle oil, if desired.

Pepperoni Pizza Casserole

Another pepperoni pizza casserole recipe.

Pepperoni Pizza Casserole

Hands on time: 20 minutes 
Total time: 50 minutes 
Serves: 12
Ingredients:

• 8 ounces (about 3 cups) uncooked spiral pasta
• 1 pound Italian sausage (casings removed) or ground beef  (I used hot turkey Italian sausage)
• 4 cups spaghetti sauce
• 1 (4-ounce) can mushrooms, drained (I left these out)
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 (6-ounce) package sliced pepperoni
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese (I used pre-shredded Italian blend cheese)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. On the stovetop, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package directions and drain. Return the pasta to the pot.
2. Meanwhile, in a saute pan over medium heat, cook the sausage; drain. Add the sausage, spaghetti sauce and mushrooms to the pasta and stir to combine. Stir in the Parmesan cheese and half the pepperoni slices.
3. Spread pasta mixture into a lightly greased 9-by-13-inch pan. Top with the mozzarella cheese. Arrange remaining half of pepperoni slices over top. Bake for 20 minutes, until cheese is bubbly.

Pizza Casserole:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package uncooked rotini pasta
1 lb ground Italian sausage
1 (24 ounce) jar pasta sauce
1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained (optional)
1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
12 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
2 (3 ounce) packages sliced pepperoni

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13 casserole dish.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.

In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until evenly brown, drain grease. Mix in the cooked pasta and pasta sauce. Pour into prepared casserole dish.

In a bowl, mix the cottage cheese, olives, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese.

Spoon the cheese mixture over the sausage and pasta mixture. Top with pepperoni slices.

Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly browned. —