Portobello Mushroom and Sausage Pizzas |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. The mushroom caps are the pizza crusts. Chopped pepperoni, onions, olives or bell peppers also make great toppings. Ingredients:
8 4-inch-diameter portobello mushrooms, stemmed, dark gills scraped away |
olive oil |
3 sweet italian sausages (about 10 ounces), casings removed |
dried crushed red pepper |
1 cup purchased marinara sauce |
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese |
8 fresh basil leaves (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush mushrooms with oil; arrange rounded side down on baking sheet. Bake mushrooms until almost tender, about 8 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
2. Sauté sausage in medium skillet over medium-high heat until brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of spoon, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove sausage from skillet.
3. Divide sausage among mushrooms. Top each with crushed red pepper, then 2 tablespoons sauce and 2 tablespoons mozzarella cheese.
4. Bake mushroom pizzas until heated through, about 10 minutes. Top each with basil leaf, if desired.
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