Grilled Mushroom and Pepper Cheese Pizzas
12
Points®
Total time: 54 min • Prep: 30 min • Cook: 24 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
Enjoy the smoky flavor of a grilled pizza loaded with mushrooms, red bell pepper and mozzarella cheese. You can make an easy homemade pizza dough. Or, if you prefer, swap in 20-oz store bought pizza dough and divide it into 8 (2½-oz) pieces. You can also grill the mushrooms and the bell pepper before adding them to the pizza.
Ingredients
Frozen pizza crust dough
629 gm
Olive oil
2 tsp(s)
Store-bought pizza sauce
1½ cup(s)
Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
2 cup(s)
Cremini mushrooms
12 medium, thinly sliced
Sweet mini baby bell peppers
8 pepper(s), cored, thinly sliced
Fresh basil
1 cup(s), roughly torn
Crushed red pepper flakes
1 pinch(es), or to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare your charcoal or gas grill with 2/3 of the area at high heat, 1/3 cool. While grill heats, prepare and assemble your toppings.
2
After heating, clean grates well to prevent sticking.
3
Working with 2 crusts at a time, brush 1 side of each lightly with ¼ tsp oil; place on hot side of grill. Cover grill; cook 2-3 minutes, checking occasionally to make sure bottom isn’t burning—when grill marks appear, pop any large bubbles, flip dough and move to cool side of grill.
4
Quickly spread each crust with 3 Tbsp sauce and sprinkle with 1/4 c cheese; top each with a few mushroom slices and few pepper slices. Slide pizzas back to hot side of grill; cover. Cook 2-3 minutes more, until grill marks appear on bottom of dough. (If bottoms start to burn before cheese melts, move back to cool side of grill.)
5
Repeat with remaining crusts. Sprinkle with basil and red pepper flakes (if using) just before serving.
6
Serving size: 1 pizza
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