Pizza with Stuffed Crust

Name: Pizza with Stuffed Crust
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 2 teaspoons cornmeal; 2 teaspoons minced fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil; 113 grams can mushroom stems and pieces, drained; 64 grams can sliced ripe olives, drained; 227 grams cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese; 99 grams package sliced pepperoni; 227 grams can pizza sauce; 782 grams tubes each) refrigerated pizza crust; 227 grams string cheese

Pizza with Stuffed Crust requires roughly 30 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 493 calories, 24g of protein, and 22g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe from Taste of Home requires pizza crust, pizza sauce, basil or, and mushroom stems and pieces. It is a rather cheap recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. Users who liked this recipe also liked Stuffed-Crust Pizza, Stuffed Crust Pizza Dip, and Stuffed-Crust Chicken Pizza.

Instructions

Sprinkle cornmeal evenly over a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Unroll pizza dough and place on pan, letting dough drape 1 in. over the edges. Pinch center seam to seal.

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Place pieces of string cheese around edges of pan. Fold dough over cheese; pinch to seal.

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Brush the crust with butter; sprinkle with basil.

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Bake at 425° for 5 minutes.

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Spread sauce over crust.

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Place two-thirds of the pepperoni in a single layer over sauce.

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Sprinkle with mushrooms, olives and cheese. Top with remaining pepperoni.

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Bake for 10-12 minutes or until crust and cheese are lightly browned.

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Servings:

1Tbsp

butter, melted 2teaspoons

cornmeal 2teaspoons

minced fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil 113grams

can mushroom stems and pieces, drained 64grams

can sliced ripe olives, drained 227grams

cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese 99grams

package sliced pepperoni 227grams

can pizza sauce 782grams

tubes each) refrigerated pizza crust 227grams

string cheese

Recommended wine: Sangiovese, Shiraz, Barbera Wine

Pizza works really well with Sangiovese, Shiraz, and Barbera Wine. The best wine for pizza depends on the toppings! Red sauce pizza will call for a red wine with some acidity, such as a barberan or sangiovese. Add pepperoni or sausage and you can go bolder with a syrah. The Luiano Chianti Classico Riserva with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.

Luiano Chianti Classico Riserva

A rich, structured wine with a complex bouquet layered with aromas of ripe red cherries and violets, followed by notes of leather and white pepper. Fermented in stainless steel, the wine rests for 10 months before being transferred into French and American oak barrels where it aged for 12 months.