Zucchini-roni Pizza

Name: Zucchini-roni Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 servings Coarse salt; 227 grams smoked fresh mozzarella, sliced thin; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning; 1 Tbsp A drizzle extra-virgin olive oil (about; 1 thin crust packaged pizza shell, 12 inches; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 397 grams roasted red peppers or 2 medium homemade roasted red peppers; 1 mediums zucchini, sliced very thin into discs (think of pepperoni slices as a guideline)

Zucchini-roni Pizza might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 2 servings with 996 calories, 46g of protein, and 42g of fat each. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have coarse salt, seasoning, zucchini, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

If you are using jarred red peppers, drain them very well and pat peppers dry with paper towels.

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Red Pepper

Peppers

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Paper Towels

Place peppers in a food processor and pulse-grind into a paste.

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Peppers

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Food Processor

Spread paste in a thin layer on a thin crust shell. Top paste with thin slices of smoked fresh mozzarella cheese.

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Fresh Mozzarella

Crust

Place very thinly sliced zucchini discs in a small bowl and combine with remaining ingredients. Toss discs well to evenly coat with seasonings. The zucchini discs will have a flavor similar to pepperoni. You have just made zucchinironi!

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Seasoning

Pepperoni

Zucchini

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Bowl

Arrange your zucchinironi slices around your pie: as little or as much as you like, but do not overlap slices or you pie will be wet.

Bake directly on oven rack or on a preheated, perforated pizza pan.

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Pizza Pan

Oven

Bake 10 minutes on the middle rack of preheated oven or, until cheese is bubbly and golden and edges of pizza are crisp.

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Cheese

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Oven

Tidbits: How to roast red peppers: To roast in your oven, preheat broiler to highest setting. Halve red peppers and rip out seeds.

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Red Pepper

Seeds

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Oven

Place pepper halves, skin side up, on a cookie sheet. Broil peppers until the skins are completely black. Leave the oven door ajar while peppers roast to let steam escape.

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Peppers

Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Place blackened peppers in alarge brown paper sack and close tightly.

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Peppers

Let peppers stand 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Peel skins away from red pepper flesh, and discard skins. To roast peppers on the outdoor grill, leave peppers whole and roast covered over high heat on a gas stove or close to coals. Follow above method to peel.

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Red Pepper

Peppers

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Grill

Stove

If your market does not carry smoked fresh mozzarella cheese, you can substitute 1 1/2 cups of shredded smoked Gouda (the yield of grating about 8 ounces of cheese).

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Fresh Mozzarella

Smoked Gouda

Cheese

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Servings:

2servings

Coarse salt 227grams

smoked fresh mozzarella, sliced thin 2cloves

garlic, minced 1teaspoon

dried Italian seasoning 1Tbsp

A drizzle extra-virgin olive oil (about 1

thin crust packaged pizza shell, 12 inches 1teaspoon

crushed red pepper flakes 397grams

roasted red peppers or 2 medium homemade roasted red peppers 1mediums

zucchini, sliced very thin into discs (think of pepperoni slices as a guideline)

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian works really well with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Il Molino di Grace Solosangiovese Chianti Classico. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 22 dollars.