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Meatless Pizza Capricciosa

Ingredients
  

  • Pizza Dough 1 Lb
  • Sliced mozzarella cheese (8-10) 1/8" rounds/squares
  • San Marzano Tomatoes crushed with hands to a pulp
  • Sliced Baby Bella mushrooms 8 oz
  • Sliced leek small (1)
  • Artichoke quarters 1/4 cup
  • Splash of Marsala Wine
  • Olive oil
  • Unsalted butter 2 Tblsp.
  • Sliced black olives 2 Tblsp.
  • Handful of fresh Basil torn
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

For the mushrooms and leeks

  • Sauté leeks and mushrooms in a pan with olive oil and butter on med heat for 5 minutes; add Marsala wine; add thyme or Rosemary;cook down until most of the liquid disappears; remove from pan in a dish/bowl and let cool.

For the Sauce

  • Crush 16 oz of San Marzano tomatoes with juice into a bowl with your hands to fine pulp. Add salt and olive oil and mix together.

For the Pizza

  • Pre-heat oven to 400 F
  • Let dough sit at room temperature for about 1/2 hour.
  • Grease a Large baking sheet with. Cooking spray. Take the dough in your hands and stretch it around a bit before placing on cookie sheet. Gently stretch the dough from the center towards the end of the pan.
  • Drizzle olive oil over the dough and coat the top of the pizza, including the edges. spread the sauce all over the pizza using a spoon or ladle. Leave a 1" border around the edges.
  • Sprinkle some grated Parmesan cheese, and bake in the oven for aprox. 15 mins.
  • Remove from oven add mozzarella cheese and basil slices sporadically, then add the artichoke hearts, mushrooms and leeks, then olives.
  • Turn the oven temperature up to 450 degrees F. Place pan back in the oven in middle/top rack and cook pizza until cheese becomes bubbly aprox. Another 10 minutes.
  • Carefully remove; Let cool; slice into desired pieces.

Notes

Substitute: 1 cup of basic tomato sauce for San marzano tomatoes
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